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Kenyan court releases passport of Italian agent facing doping charges

Xinhua, August 3, 2016 Adjust font size:

A Kenyan court on Tuesday released the passport of Italian manager, Federico Rosa, who has denied six doping related charges to allow him to travel to the Rio 2016 Olympics.

Nairobi's Kibera Law Courts Principal Magistrate, Bernard Ochoi, further directed the Italian to deposit a return ticket proving he will be back to the country and set the mention of his case for Sept. 5 and 6.

He also expects the passport to be returned to the court on Aug. 26 with the Italian agent out on a 5000 U.S. dollar bond with two Kenyan sureties of the same amount.

Federico, a director of the Italian registered Rosa Associati firm established by his father, Dr. Gabriele Rosa is accused of conspiring with others to injure the reputations of Elijah Kiprono and Rita Jeptoo by administering prohibited substances.

He was denied permission to leave the country on July 14 when he first applied to have his seized passport released with the court then arguing he did not show enough proof he was needed at the Olympics where some of his high profile Kenyan clients will participate.

Earlier in the same month, one of his most famous athletes, Beijing 2008 Olympics champion, Asbel Kiprop, vowed to work with him until he retires after news broke of his arrest on July 1 when he was attending the Kenyan Rio 2016 Trials in the northern town of Eldoret. Enditem