The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said Friday that Kenya had made "significant and demonstrable progress" toward cleaning up its systems, delaying a threatened non-compliance order.

The Montreal-based WADA said last month that the Kenyan branch was not meeting its standards and gave it until Friday to address concerns.

Kenya's President William Ruto said Thursday the country would do "whatever it takes" to clean up the national anti-doping body (ADAK), seeking to avoid penalties that could have barred its athletes from competing under the Kenyan flag.

WADA said that given progress made on non-compliance issues, the threatened consequences "will not apply" on Friday's deadline.

Kenya's case has been referred back to WADA's compliance department, which will take a fresh look at ADAK's

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