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Unveiling Custom 5K Medals at the Boston Marathon
Introduction:

Exploring the Essence of 5K Medals:
At the core of any iconic event lies its medals — and their meaning for participants. Beyond their shiny surfaces lies an inspiring story of determination and achievement; tangible reminders of journey taken, obstacles overcome, goals reached. Whether it’s the glint of 5K gold or the elegance of a custom-crafted design, each medal holds a unique tale of triumph. Exploring Past 5 Years’ Medals:
Year Medal Material Symbolic Meaning
2023 Bronze Steadfastness
2022 Silver Achievement and Honor
2021 Gold Highest Honor and Glory
2020 Silver Progress and Moving Forward
2019 Bronze Perseverance and Endurance
Each medal material and its symbolic meaning encapsulate the essence of the Boston Marathon, honoring the dedication, perseverance, and triumph of all those who participate in this iconic event.
Delving into the Tradition:
As we reflect back over 10 years of the Boston Marathon, we see an array of remarkable feats and unforgettable moments. From 5K medals awarded to fastest runners to cheers of encouragement along the route, each year adds new chapters to its rich legacy. Let’s take a closer look at some standout performances and people who etched themselves into history:
MEN’S OPEN DIVISION
Year Name Country Time
2023 Evans Chebet Kenya 2:05:54
2022 Evans Chebet Kenya 2:06:51
2021 Benson Kipruto Kenya 2:09:51
2019 Lawrence Cherono Kenya 2:07:57
2018 Yuki Kawauchi Japan 2:15:58
2017 Geoffrey Kirui Kenya2:09:37
2016 Lemi Berhanu Ethiopia 2:12:45
2015 Lelisa Desisa Ethiopia 2:09:17
2014 Mebrahtom “Meb” Keflezighi United States 2:08:37
2013 Lelisa Desisa Ethiopia 2:10:22
WOMEN’S OPEN CHAMPION
Year Name Country Time
2023 Hellen Obiri Kenya 2:21:38
2022 Peres Jepchirchir Kenya 2:21:01
2021 Edna Kiplagat Kenya 2:25:09
2019 Worknesh Degefa Ethiopia 2:23:31
2018 Desiree Linden United States 2:39:54
2017 Edna Kiplagat Kenya 2:21:52
2016 Atsede Baysa Ethiopia 2:29:19
2015 Caroline Rotich Kenya 2:24:55
2014 Buzunesh Deba Ethiopia2:19:59*
2013 Rita Jeptoo Kenya 2:26:25
Crafting Excellence: Custom 5K Medals by Hesank:
At Hesank, we understand the significance of honoring such monumental achievements with custom 5K medals that capture their essence — that’s why our meticulous craftsmanship and attention to detail ensure that each one stands as its own masterpiece. Start a journey of grandeur with our Soft Enamel 5K Marathon Medal, meticulously crafted to symbolize your unfaltering dedication. No matter if it is your first or fifth run, our medals serve as tangible symbols of excellence for athletes of any level, offering full customization options so your medal reflects who you are as an individual and reflects all that has gone into creating it!
Conclusion:
While we commemorate the legacy of the Boston Marathon and all those who grace its hallowed grounds, let us not lose sight of how important 5K medals are in commemorating their achievements. Whether a runner pursuing greatness on the race course or an avid spectator cheering from the sidelines, medals serve as lasting symbols of perseverance, unity and triumph — something Hesank takes great pleasure in upholding through crafting custom 5k with medals that uphold and encourage everyone who wears one. Come join us in honoring athleticism’s pursuit as we journey closer towards victory together at Hesank!
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A look back at Boston marathon 10 years ago
April 15, 2013 dawned like any other 3rd Monday in april in Boston. Runners weee lined up and ready to run. Then at the end of the race a bomb went off as a two explosions happened. Many could not finish. Lelisa desia won the men’s race and Rita jeptoo won the woman’s race. 2 brothers the tsarnev brothers were charged in the bombing and sentenced to death. 3 people were killed and 264 were…

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Buzunesh Deba Will Leave The Boston Marathon With One Champion's Medal This Week.
Buzunesh Deba Will Leave The Boston Marathon With One Champion’s Medal This Week.
Ethiopia’s Buzunesh Deba inherits 2014 Boston Marathon win but not the prize money
The 29-year-old Ethiopian inherited the 2014 title this December when Kenya’s Rita Jeptoo was stripped of her victory for testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs. Jeptoo joins Rosie Ruiz, who was caught cutting the course in 1980, as the only people to be disqualified from the Boston Marathon after…
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Kenyan duo barred from Doha after failing to meet anti-doping rules

Kenyan 5,000 meter runners, Michael Kibet and Daniel Simiyu, will not be allowed to compete at the athletics world championships in Doha. This was after they both failed to meet anti-doping rule requirements, Athletics Kenya (AK) officials said on Tuesday. AK had hoped that the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) would clear Kibet and Simiyu, who finished first and second at the Kenyan trials, to compete at the global championships that begin on Friday. AIU rules state that athletes must go through three out-of-competition and one in-competition doping test to be eligible for the world championships. AK Vice President in charge of competitions, Paul Mutwii, confirmed that the AIU had declined a request to enter Kibet and Simiyu in the global showpiece. “Only Nicholas Kimeli and Jacob Krop (third and fourth at the trials) will represent us in Doha. “Kibet and Simiyu have not been allowed because they did not comply with the AIU anti-doping rules. “We are now very strict with the compliance rules, we cannot make a mistake,’’ Mutwii told reporters. About 60 Kenyan athletes have been sanctioned for anti-doping rule violations in the past five years. They include 2008 Olympic 1,500m champion, Asbel Kiprop; 2016 Olympic marathon winner, Jemimah Sumgong and former Boston and Chicago Marathon winner, Rita Jeptoo. Officials said Kenya would still be strong contenders in the men’s 5,000m in Doha, with Kimeli among the world’s fastest in the event this year, having run 12 minutes 57 seconds in June. “Kimeli is the strongest among Kenyans, despite his third placing at the trials,’’ AK Council Member, Barnaba Korir, said. The Kenyan team has suffered a number of setbacks in the lead up to the world championships. Elijah Manangoi announced last week that he would not be defending his 1,500m title due to injury. Also, Jackeline Wambui, who won the 800 meters at the Kenyan trials, and Linda Kageha, who was in the mixed relay team, withdrew after failing to take mandatory testosterone level tests. Read the full article
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Kenyan marathon runner Felix Kirwa suspended for nine months after failing doping test
Kenyan marathon runner Felix Kirwa suspended for nine months after failing doping test
Kenyan marathon runner Felix Kirwa was suspended for nine months
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] Kenyan marathon runner Felix Kirwa was suspended nine months after testing positive for strychnine, the substance that was sometimes used as rat poison.
The Athletic Integrity Unit (AIU) said that Kirwa would be banned until November 14 and was disqualified for his second place in the long marathon of Singapore
Kirwa, who was in 2016 won the Singapore Marathon, said he had used herbal medicines containing the banned substance, and the AIU said the presence of strychnine in his sample was consistent with that explanation.
Strychnine is on the banned list of the World Anti-Doping Organization because it is a stimulant.
Kenya, known for its medium-long and long-distance pedigree, has seriously damaged its reputation because of its
About 50 Kenyan athletes, including former Boston and Chicago, have been sanctioned in the last five years. Marathon winner Rita Jeptoo and 2016 Olympic marathon champion Jemima Sumgong
Triple 1500-meter world champion and 2008 Olympic medalist Asbel Kiprop was banned for four years in April 2017 for non-doping research in November 2017.
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ELDORET, Kenya (Reuters) – Kenya’s former Olympic and world 1,500 meters champion Asbel Kiprop said he was traumatized by the news that he failed a doping test for the banned blood-booster EPO and vowed to prove his innocence.
FILE PHOTO: Asbel Kiprop of Kenya reacts after winning the men’s 1500 metres final during the 15th IAAF World Championships at the National Stadium in Beijing, China, August 30, 2015. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo
The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) confirmed on Friday that Kiprop has tested positive following an out-of-competition test in November last year.
“My family and I are devastated. I am traumatized,” Kiprop, a Chief Inspector in Kenya’s police force, told Reuters on Saturday.
“The line of questioning I was subjected to earlier strongly suggested somebody had an axe to grind.”
Kiprop, 28, said in a long statement on Thursday that his urine sample might have been tampered with by testers who tipped him off about their visit and took a payment from him.
The AIU, an Independent body set up to combat corruption and unethical conduct within athletics on behalf of the sport’s ruling body the IAAF, said it had investigated and was satisfied there was no interference with Kiprop’s sample.
The AIU said Kiprop had been given advance notice which contravenes the World Anti-Doping Agency’s guidelines stating that out-of-competition tests should be conducted without prior notice to athletes.
Kiprop’s is the latest in a long line of doping cases in the east African nation, where around 50 athletes have failed tests in recent years.
Federico Rosa, who manages many of Kenya’s elite athletes, was charged as an accomplice after three-times Boston Marathon champion Rita Jeptoo tested positive for EPO. He was later cleared of the charges.
Jemimah Sumgong, the 2016 Rio Olympics women’s marathon winner, and Mathew Kisorio are among Rosa’s athletes who failed doping tests.
“I have worked so hard to build a career since 2003 when I was 13 years old. The achievements I made are crumbling before my own eyes, for a crime that I have not committed,” Kiprop said.
“In the court of public opinion, as an advocate of clean sports, I know I am very innocent. I am accused of something that I have never committed.
ATHLETICS FAMILY
Athletics runs deep in Kiprop’s family.
His father David Kebenei represented Kenya at the 1987 All Africa Games in Nairobi, where he finished fourth in the 1,500 meters.
Kebenei ran in the golden era of British middle-distance running, competing against current IAAF President Sebastian Coe in the early 1980s. Kiprop’s brother Victor Kebenei is an upcoming 800 meters runner.
“I trained at Kipchoge Keino IAAF/IOC High Performance Training Centre under coach Jimmy Beauttah, who also coached illustrious Kenyans like Moses Kiptanui, Daniel Komen and others who inspired me,” Kiprop said.
“I can’t disgrace these people, IAAF/IOC, by doping, something I have been publicly vocal against throughout my running life. I have been tough on dopers, and even called for a law to criminalize doping and to punish dopers including imprisonment.
“I will fight the case to prove my innocence to the end. It is my position that the process was flawed from the start. I was given prior warning of testing. Why would I accept to be tested if I knew I had EPO in my system?,” he added.
The AIU said it was satisfied the process was properly conducted.
“A mixed perception has been created by these allegations,” said Kiprop, world champion in 2011, 2013 and 2015 and promoted to gold at the 2008 Olympics after Bahrain’s Rashid Ramzi tested positive for doping.
“As a consequence, I find it very difficult to walk in public, to look up the main media and social media and to generally carry on with my daily activities.”
Kiprop’s case is now with an IAAF disciplinary tribunal and he could be banned for four years if found guilty of doping.
He dismissed the possibility of being injected without his knowledge.
“I can’t remember somebody possibly injecting me unknowingly,” he said.
“To the best of my knowledge, there has never been an occasion where I have either been deeply asleep or have been unconscious to a point where somebody could have injected me without my knowledge.
“My last injection was in 2014, for a yellow fever vaccination before traveling to Bahamas for the first World Relays.
“It is unfortunate that this is happening when I am preparing to move to road races after the 2019 World Championships in Doha which I want to be my last track event, possibly with a fourth world title.”
Editing by Sudipto Ganguly and Ed Osmond
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ELDORET, Kenya (Reuters) – Kenya’s former Olympic and world 1,500 meters champion Asbel Kiprop said he was traumatized by the news that he failed a doping test for the banned blood-booster EPO and vowed to prove his innocence.
FILE PHOTO: Asbel Kiprop of Kenya reacts after winning the men’s 1500 metres final during the 15th IAAF World Championships at the National Stadium in Beijing, China, August 30, 2015. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo
The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) confirmed on Friday that Kiprop has tested positive following an out-of-competition test in November last year.
“My family and I are devastated. I am traumatized,” Kiprop, a Chief Inspector in Kenya’s police force, told Reuters on Saturday.
“The line of questioning I was subjected to earlier strongly suggested somebody had an axe to grind.”
Kiprop, 28, said in a long statement on Thursday that his urine sample might have been tampered with by testers who tipped him off about their visit and took a payment from him.
The AIU, an Independent body set up to combat corruption and unethical conduct within athletics on behalf of the sport’s ruling body the IAAF, said it had investigated and was satisfied there was no interference with Kiprop’s sample.
The AIU said Kiprop had been given advance notice which contravenes the World Anti-Doping Agency’s guidelines stating that out-of-competition tests should be conducted without prior notice to athletes.
Kiprop’s is the latest in a long line of doping cases in the east African nation, where around 50 athletes have failed tests in recent years.
Federico Rosa, who manages many of Kenya’s elite athletes, was charged as an accomplice after three-times Boston Marathon champion Rita Jeptoo tested positive for EPO. He was later cleared of the charges.
Jemimah Sumgong, the 2016 Rio Olympics women’s marathon winner, and Mathew Kisorio are among Rosa’s athletes who failed doping tests.
“I have worked so hard to build a career since 2003 when I was 13 years old. The achievements I made are crumbling before my own eyes, for a crime that I have not committed,” Kiprop said.
“In the court of public opinion, as an advocate of clean sports, I know I am very innocent. I am accused of something that I have never committed.
ATHLETICS FAMILY
Athletics runs deep in Kiprop’s family.
His father David Kebenei represented Kenya at the 1987 All Africa Games in Nairobi, where he finished fourth in the 1,500 meters.
Kebenei ran in the golden era of British middle-distance running, competing against current IAAF President Sebastian Coe in the early 1980s. Kiprop’s brother Victor Kebenei is an upcoming 800 meters runner.
“I trained at Kipchoge Keino IAAF/IOC High Performance Training Centre under coach Jimmy Beauttah, who also coached illustrious Kenyans like Moses Kiptanui, Daniel Komen and others who inspired me,” Kiprop said.
“I can’t disgrace these people, IAAF/IOC, by doping, something I have been publicly vocal against throughout my running life. I have been tough on dopers, and even called for a law to criminalize doping and to punish dopers including imprisonment.
“I will fight the case to prove my innocence to the end. It is my position that the process was flawed from the start. I was given prior warning of testing. Why would I accept to be tested if I knew I had EPO in my system?,” he added.
The AIU said it was satisfied the process was properly conducted.
“A mixed perception has been created by these allegations,” said Kiprop, world champion in 2011, 2013 and 2015 and promoted to gold at the 2008 Olympics after Bahrain’s Rashid Ramzi tested positive for doping.
“As a consequence, I find it very difficult to walk in public, to look up the main media and social media and to generally carry on with my daily activities.”
Kiprop’s case is now with an IAAF disciplinary tribunal and he could be banned for four years if found guilty of doping.
He dismissed the possibility of being injected without his knowledge.
“I can’t remember somebody possibly injecting me unknowingly,” he said.
“To the best of my knowledge, there has never been an occasion where I have either been deeply asleep or have been unconscious to a point where somebody could have injected me without my knowledge.
“My last injection was in 2014, for a yellow fever vaccination before traveling to Bahamas for the first World Relays.
“It is unfortunate that this is happening when I am preparing to move to road races after the 2019 World Championships in Doha which I want to be my last track event, possibly with a fourth world title.”
Editing by Sudipto Ganguly and Ed Osmond
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ELDORET, Kenya (Reuters) – Kenya’s former Olympic and world 1,500 meters champion Asbel Kiprop said he was traumatized by the news that he failed a doping test for the banned blood-booster EPO and vowed to prove his innocence.
FILE PHOTO: Asbel Kiprop of Kenya reacts after winning the men’s 1500 metres final during the 15th IAAF World Championships at the National Stadium in Beijing, China, August 30, 2015. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo
The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) confirmed on Friday that Kiprop has tested positive following an out-of-competition test in November last year.
“My family and I are devastated. I am traumatized,” Kiprop, a Chief Inspector in Kenya’s police force, told Reuters on Saturday.
“The line of questioning I was subjected to earlier strongly suggested somebody had an axe to grind.”
Kiprop, 28, said in a long statement on Thursday that his urine sample might have been tampered with by testers who tipped him off about their visit and took a payment from him.
The AIU, an Independent body set up to combat corruption and unethical conduct within athletics on behalf of the sport’s ruling body the IAAF, said it had investigated and was satisfied there was no interference with Kiprop’s sample.
The AIU said Kiprop had been given advance notice which contravenes the World Anti-Doping Agency’s guidelines stating that out-of-competition tests should be conducted without prior notice to athletes.
Kiprop’s is the latest in a long line of doping cases in the east African nation, where around 50 athletes have failed tests in recent years.
Federico Rosa, who manages many of Kenya’s elite athletes, was charged as an accomplice after three-times Boston Marathon champion Rita Jeptoo tested positive for EPO. He was later cleared of the charges.
Jemimah Sumgong, the 2016 Rio Olympics women’s marathon winner, and Mathew Kisorio are among Rosa’s athletes who failed doping tests.
“I have worked so hard to build a career since 2003 when I was 13 years old. The achievements I made are crumbling before my own eyes, for a crime that I have not committed,” Kiprop said.
“In the court of public opinion, as an advocate of clean sports, I know I am very innocent. I am accused of something that I have never committed.
ATHLETICS FAMILY
Athletics runs deep in Kiprop’s family.
His father David Kebenei represented Kenya at the 1987 All Africa Games in Nairobi, where he finished fourth in the 1,500 meters.
Kebenei ran in the golden era of British middle-distance running, competing against current IAAF President Sebastian Coe in the early 1980s. Kiprop’s brother Victor Kebenei is an upcoming 800 meters runner.
“I trained at Kipchoge Keino IAAF/IOC High Performance Training Centre under coach Jimmy Beauttah, who also coached illustrious Kenyans like Moses Kiptanui, Daniel Komen and others who inspired me,” Kiprop said.
“I can’t disgrace these people, IAAF/IOC, by doping, something I have been publicly vocal against throughout my running life. I have been tough on dopers, and even called for a law to criminalize doping and to punish dopers including imprisonment.
“I will fight the case to prove my innocence to the end. It is my position that the process was flawed from the start. I was given prior warning of testing. Why would I accept to be tested if I knew I had EPO in my system?,” he added.
The AIU said it was satisfied the process was properly conducted.
“A mixed perception has been created by these allegations,” said Kiprop, world champion in 2011, 2013 and 2015 and promoted to gold at the 2008 Olympics after Bahrain’s Rashid Ramzi tested positive for doping.
“As a consequence, I find it very difficult to walk in public, to look up the main media and social media and to generally carry on with my daily activities.”
Kiprop’s case is now with an IAAF disciplinary tribunal and he could be banned for four years if found guilty of doping.
He dismissed the possibility of being injected without his knowledge.
“I can’t remember somebody possibly injecting me unknowingly,” he said.
“To the best of my knowledge, there has never been an occasion where I have either been deeply asleep or have been unconscious to a point where somebody could have injected me without my knowledge.
“My last injection was in 2014, for a yellow fever vaccination before traveling to Bahamas for the first World Relays.
“It is unfortunate that this is happening when I am preparing to move to road races after the 2019 World Championships in Doha which I want to be my last track event, possibly with a fourth world title.”
Editing by Sudipto Ganguly and Ed Osmond
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ELDORET, Kenya (Reuters) – Kenya’s former Olympic and world 1,500 meters champion Asbel Kiprop said he was traumatized by the news that he failed a doping test for the banned blood-booster EPO and vowed to prove his innocence.
FILE PHOTO: Asbel Kiprop of Kenya reacts after winning the men’s 1500 metres final during the 15th IAAF World Championships at the National Stadium in Beijing, China, August 30, 2015. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo
The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) confirmed on Friday that Kiprop has tested positive following an out-of-competition test in November last year.
“My family and I are devastated. I am traumatized,” Kiprop, a Chief Inspector in Kenya’s police force, told Reuters on Saturday.
“The line of questioning I was subjected to earlier strongly suggested somebody had an axe to grind.”
Kiprop, 28, said in a long statement on Thursday that his urine sample might have been tampered with by testers who tipped him off about their visit and took a payment from him.
The AIU, an Independent body set up to combat corruption and unethical conduct within athletics on behalf of the sport’s ruling body the IAAF, said it had investigated and was satisfied there was no interference with Kiprop’s sample.
The AIU said Kiprop had been given advance notice which contravenes the World Anti-Doping Agency’s guidelines stating that out-of-competition tests should be conducted without prior notice to athletes.
Kiprop’s is the latest in a long line of doping cases in the east African nation, where around 50 athletes have failed tests in recent years.
Federico Rosa, who manages many of Kenya’s elite athletes, was charged as an accomplice after three-times Boston Marathon champion Rita Jeptoo tested positive for EPO. He was later cleared of the charges.
Jemimah Sumgong, the 2016 Rio Olympics women’s marathon winner, and Mathew Kisorio are among Rosa’s athletes who failed doping tests.
“I have worked so hard to build a career since 2003 when I was 13 years old. The achievements I made are crumbling before my own eyes, for a crime that I have not committed,” Kiprop said.
“In the court of public opinion, as an advocate of clean sports, I know I am very innocent. I am accused of something that I have never committed.
ATHLETICS FAMILY
Athletics runs deep in Kiprop’s family.
His father David Kebenei represented Kenya at the 1987 All Africa Games in Nairobi, where he finished fourth in the 1,500 meters.
Kebenei ran in the golden era of British middle-distance running, competing against current IAAF President Sebastian Coe in the early 1980s. Kiprop’s brother Victor Kebenei is an upcoming 800 meters runner.
“I trained at Kipchoge Keino IAAF/IOC High Performance Training Centre under coach Jimmy Beauttah, who also coached illustrious Kenyans like Moses Kiptanui, Daniel Komen and others who inspired me,” Kiprop said.
“I can’t disgrace these people, IAAF/IOC, by doping, something I have been publicly vocal against throughout my running life. I have been tough on dopers, and even called for a law to criminalize doping and to punish dopers including imprisonment.
“I will fight the case to prove my innocence to the end. It is my position that the process was flawed from the start. I was given prior warning of testing. Why would I accept to be tested if I knew I had EPO in my system?,” he added.
The AIU said it was satisfied the process was properly conducted.
“A mixed perception has been created by these allegations,” said Kiprop, world champion in 2011, 2013 and 2015 and promoted to gold at the 2008 Olympics after Bahrain’s Rashid Ramzi tested positive for doping.
“As a consequence, I find it very difficult to walk in public, to look up the main media and social media and to generally carry on with my daily activities.”
Kiprop’s case is now with an IAAF disciplinary tribunal and he could be banned for four years if found guilty of doping.
He dismissed the possibility of being injected without his knowledge.
“I can’t remember somebody possibly injecting me unknowingly,” he said.
“To the best of my knowledge, there has never been an occasion where I have either been deeply asleep or have been unconscious to a point where somebody could have injected me without my knowledge.
“My last injection was in 2014, for a yellow fever vaccination before traveling to Bahamas for the first World Relays.
“It is unfortunate that this is happening when I am preparing to move to road races after the 2019 World Championships in Doha which I want to be my last track event, possibly with a fourth world title.”
Editing by Sudipto Ganguly and Ed Osmond
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Kiprop’s doping failure hits Kenya’s cradle of athletics
ELDORET, Kenya (Reuters) – The residents of Eldoret and Iten, considered Kenya’s home of distance running, are hurting following official confirmation that former Olympic and world 1,500 meters champion Asbel Kiprop has tested positive for the banned blood-booster EPO.
FILE PHOTO: Asbel Kiprop of Kenya reacts after winning the men’s 1500 metres final during the 15th IAAF World Championships at the National Stadium in Beijing, China, August 30, 2015. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo
The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), an independent body handling doping matters on behalf of the sport’s governing IAAF, earlier on Friday confirmed media reports that the 28-year-old three-time world champion over 1,500m had failed a dope test.
The case is now with an International Association of Athletics Federations’ disciplinary tribunal and the 28-year-old Kiprop, one of Kenya’s most decorated athletes, could face a four-year ban.
There was a somber mood on the Eldoret streets among the local people and in Iten, Kiprop’s home town, where the residents discussed the doping situation in subdued tones.
“This one has hit us where it hurts most,” Moses Kiptanui, a three-time world 3,000m steeplechase champion, told Reuters.
“Marathon runners failing dope tests was almost becoming normal. But when it came to the 1,500m, we were shocked. More so, Asbel (Kiprop), whom many youths looked to as a role model.
“We are mourning. From rural to urban areas, this has shaken everybody to the core,” he said.
Kiptanui, who runs an Eldoret department store, said the lack of tough anti-doping laws coupled with a laxity among Athletics Kenya (AK) officials and Kenyans’ predilection for manipulating rules will bring the country’s top sport to its knees.
“Officials with vested interests, who are attracted by perks, and not the love of the game, are ruining the sport. Even with anti-doping laws in place, we don’t have policing which specializes in anti-doping matters,” said Kiptanui, who blew the whistle on doping problems in Kenya in 2003.
However, Barnaba Korir, a member of the Athletics Kenya Executive Committee, defended the local governing body, saying Kenyans must accept that the country has a doping problem.
“Let us accept that there is a problem and agree on how to tackle it. Blame game won’t help. Kenyans are still in denial yet this doping thing is festering,” he said.
“Athletes are not children. They are responsible for what goes in their bodies. AK only sensitises and educates them on doping matters. They take full responsibility for their actions,” he added.
KIPROP’S ALLEGATIONS
Kiprop alleged that testers extorted money from him, an allegation the AIU did not address. He also claimed that the testers might have interfered with his sample.
The AIU, which was set up to combat all forms of corruption and ethical misconduct within athletics, was satisfied there was no interference with his sample but conceded that Kiprop had been given advance notice that he would be tested.
This contravenes the World Anti-Doping Agency’s guidelines stating that out-of-competition tests should be conducted without notice to athletes.
Kiprop also alleged that he was being pressured to accept that he doped so that he could be made an IAAF ambassador against doping, an allegation the AIU rejected.
Korir and Kiptanui questioned why Kiprop had engaged in what they said was a futile attempt to smear testers and the IAAF.
“Why couldn’t he raise the matter when it happened? Why wait until now to reveal that testers extorted money from him?” asked Kiptanui.
Korir also wondered why Kiprop was revealing so many of the details he should present to the IAAF tribunal.
“The process is ongoing. The best thing Kiprop should do is wait for the appropriate time to argue his case. This was ill-advised,” he said.
Kiprop is among almost 50 athletes from the east African nation, long revered for its distance running pedigree, who have failed doping tests, the most famous being former three-time Boston Marathon champion, Rita Jeptoo and Jemimah Sumgong, Olympics marathon gold medalist in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.
The North Rift Valley towns of Eldoret and Iten, some 350km north-west of the capital Nairobi, rank distance running as their biggest foreign exchange earner.
They take so much pride in their athletes that Eldoret has the name ‘city of champions’, Iten is known as the ‘home of champions’ while Kapsabet to the south, birthplace of twice Olympic champion Kipchoge Keino, is the ‘source of champions’.
In Iten, Jonah Kiplagat, a 32-year-old motorcyclist who retired from road running due to injury, said the residents of the hamlet on the edge of the picturesque Kerio Valley were commiserating with Kiprop.
“He is our hero here. When we see his car zooming past, we are proud of him and the fame he has brought our town. This came as a shock to us,” he said.
Social clubs in Iten, mostly frequented by sportspeople, were not doing much trade on Friday. The Mindililwo area where Kiprop built a training camp was like a ghost town.
Situated on the Iten-Kapsowar road where two other celebrated athletes, marathon runners Wilson Kipsang and Edna Kiplagat, live, the news was on everyone’s lips.
Editing by Ken Ferris and Pritha Sarkar
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AIU confirms Kiprop positive test, rejects allegations
LONDON (Reuters) – The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) confirmed on Friday that Kenyan former three-times world 1,500 metres champion Asbel Kiprop had tested positive for the banned blood booster EPO, and rejected some of his extraordinary allegations against officials.
Asbel Kiprop of Kenya, gold medal, poses on the podium after the men’s 1500m event during the 15th IAAF World Championships at the National Stadium in Beijing, China, August 30, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Kiprop, 28, said on Thursday in a lengthy statement that his urine sample might have been tampered with by dope testers who, he said, not only tipped him off about their visit in November last year but also took a payment from him.
The AIU, an independent body that manages all doping- related matters for athletics, conceded on Friday that he had been given advance notice but said it was satisfied there had been no interference with his sample.
“These allegations have been investigated by the AIU. The AIU is satisfied that there has been no mix up or tampering with the sample,” said its statement.
Kiprop’s case is now with an International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) disciplinary tribunal and he could be banned for four years if found guilty of doping.
Around 50 Kenyan athletes have failed tests in recent years, including three-times Boston Marathon champion Rita Jeptoo and Olympic marathon champion Jemima Sumgong.
One of the more eye-catching claims made by Kiprop, a senior police officer, was that he had paid the testers an unspecified amount of money and did not consider it untoward.
“I did not at the time expect that the request for the money had anything to do with the sample,” Kiprop said.
“At that time I did not see the money as inducement or bribe for anything. I gave it in good faith thinking they may have some need known to them. In retrospect, I now clearly see the money as having a relation with the sample collected on that date, and even the irregular advance notice I was given.”
“AMBASSADOR ROLE”
The AIU statement did not address that allegation but added: “The advanced notice of testing given by the doping control assistant could not reasonably have caused EPO to be present in Mr Kiprop’s sample and, as such, the departure does not invalidate the (test) … This will ultimately be a matter for the tribunal to determine.”
Kiprop said the testers, who first visited him at his disclosed whereabouts in Iten on Nov. 27, had suggested he admit to doping so that he could be given an IAAF anti-doping “ambassador role” – an allegation the AIU flatly rejected.
It said that, before opening proceedings, AIU investigators had given Kiprop the chance to “admit any offence promptly or to provide information about doping in athletics that could amount to ‘substantial assistance’”.
“This is standard practice (and) any suggestion that there was anything improper about this conversation is categorically untrue.”
Kiprop was informed of the failed test on Feb. 3.
“I will be the last person to commit such an atrocious un-sports like thing,” he said, adding that he was perplexed how his “innocent sample turned positive”.
He added that it would have been “less than clever” of him to dope seven months before his next scheduled competition in Qatar on May 4, and that he could easily have dodged the test.
“I could choose to miss the collection without any consequences,” he said. Consequences for missing a sampling meeting arise only after missing three times. I had not missed previously.”
As part of IAAF head Sebastian Coe’s reforms of the body, doping matters have been dealt with by the AIU since April last year.
Kiprop, the third-fastest man in history over 1,500 meters, was world champion in 2011, 2013 and 2015, and promoted to gold at the 2008 Olympics after Bahrain’s Rashid Ramzi tested positive for doping.
Reporting by Mitch Phillips, additional reporting by Isaack Omolu and Nick Mulvenney; Editing by Kevin Liffey
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Kiprop’s doping failure hits Kenya’s cradle of athletics
ELDORET, Kenya (Reuters) – The residents of Eldoret and Iten, considered Kenya’s home of distance running, are hurting following official confirmation that former Olympic and world 1,500 meters champion Asbel Kiprop has tested positive for the banned blood-booster EPO.
FILE PHOTO: Asbel Kiprop of Kenya reacts after winning the men’s 1500 metres final during the 15th IAAF World Championships at the National Stadium in Beijing, China, August 30, 2015. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo
The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), an independent body handling doping matters on behalf of the sport’s governing IAAF, earlier on Friday confirmed media reports that the 28-year-old three-time world champion over 1,500m had failed a dope test.
The case is now with an International Association of Athletics Federations’ disciplinary tribunal and the 28-year-old Kiprop, one of Kenya’s most decorated athletes, could face a four-year ban.
There was a somber mood on the Eldoret streets among the local people and in Iten, Kiprop’s home town, where the residents discussed the doping situation in subdued tones.
“This one has hit us where it hurts most,” Moses Kiptanui, a three-time world 3,000m steeplechase champion, told Reuters.
“Marathon runners failing dope tests was almost becoming normal. But when it came to the 1,500m, we were shocked. More so, Asbel (Kiprop), whom many youths looked to as a role model.
“We are mourning. From rural to urban areas, this has shaken everybody to the core,” he said.
Kiptanui, who runs an Eldoret department store, said the lack of tough anti-doping laws coupled with a laxity among Athletics Kenya (AK) officials and Kenyans’ predilection for manipulating rules will bring the country’s top sport to its knees.
“Officials with vested interests, who are attracted by perks, and not the love of the game, are ruining the sport. Even with anti-doping laws in place, we don’t have policing which specializes in anti-doping matters,” said Kiptanui, who blew the whistle on doping problems in Kenya in 2003.
However, Barnaba Korir, a member of the Athletics Kenya Executive Committee, defended the local governing body, saying Kenyans must accept that the country has a doping problem.
“Let us accept that there is a problem and agree on how to tackle it. Blame game won’t help. Kenyans are still in denial yet this doping thing is festering,” he said.
“Athletes are not children. They are responsible for what goes in their bodies. AK only sensitises and educates them on doping matters. They take full responsibility for their actions,” he added.
KIPROP’S ALLEGATIONS
Kiprop alleged that testers extorted money from him, an allegation the AIU did not address. He also claimed that the testers might have interfered with his sample.
The AIU, which was set up to combat all forms of corruption and ethical misconduct within athletics, was satisfied there was no interference with his sample but conceded that Kiprop had been given advance notice that he would be tested.
This contravenes the World Anti-Doping Agency’s guidelines stating that out-of-competition tests should be conducted without notice to athletes.
Kiprop also alleged that he was being pressured to accept that he doped so that he could be made an IAAF ambassador against doping, an allegation the AIU rejected.
Korir and Kiptanui questioned why Kiprop had engaged in what they said was a futile attempt to smear testers and the IAAF.
“Why couldn’t he raise the matter when it happened? Why wait until now to reveal that testers extorted money from him?” asked Kiptanui.
Korir also wondered why Kiprop was revealing so many of the details he should present to the IAAF tribunal.
“The process is ongoing. The best thing Kiprop should do is wait for the appropriate time to argue his case. This was ill-advised,” he said.
Kiprop is among almost 50 athletes from the east African nation, long revered for its distance running pedigree, who have failed doping tests, the most famous being former three-time Boston Marathon champion, Rita Jeptoo and Jemimah Sumgong, Olympics marathon gold medalist in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.
The North Rift Valley towns of Eldoret and Iten, some 350km north-west of the capital Nairobi, rank distance running as their biggest foreign exchange earner.
They take so much pride in their athletes that Eldoret has the name ‘city of champions’, Iten is known as the ‘home of champions’ while Kapsabet to the south, birthplace of twice Olympic champion Kipchoge Keino, is the ‘source of champions’.
In Iten, Jonah Kiplagat, a 32-year-old motorcyclist who retired from road running due to injury, said the residents of the hamlet on the edge of the picturesque Kerio Valley were commiserating with Kiprop.
“He is our hero here. When we see his car zooming past, we are proud of him and the fame he has brought our town. This came as a shock to us,” he said.
Social clubs in Iten, mostly frequented by sportspeople, were not doing much trade on Friday. The Mindililwo area where Kiprop built a training camp was like a ghost town.
Situated on the Iten-Kapsowar road where two other celebrated athletes, marathon runners Wilson Kipsang and Edna Kiplagat, live, the news was on everyone’s lips.
Editing by Ken Ferris and Pritha Sarkar
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Kiprop’s doping failure hits Kenya’s cradle of athletics
ELDORET, Kenya (Reuters) – The residents of Eldoret and Iten, considered Kenya’s home of distance running, are hurting following official confirmation that former Olympic and world 1,500 meters champion Asbel Kiprop has tested positive for the banned blood-booster EPO.
FILE PHOTO: Asbel Kiprop of Kenya reacts after winning the men’s 1500 metres final during the 15th IAAF World Championships at the National Stadium in Beijing, China, August 30, 2015. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo
The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), an independent body handling doping matters on behalf of the sport’s governing IAAF, earlier on Friday confirmed media reports that the 28-year-old three-time world champion over 1,500m had failed a dope test.
The case is now with an International Association of Athletics Federations’ disciplinary tribunal and the 28-year-old Kiprop, one of Kenya’s most decorated athletes, could face a four-year ban.
There was a somber mood on the Eldoret streets among the local people and in Iten, Kiprop’s home town, where the residents discussed the doping situation in subdued tones.
“This one has hit us where it hurts most,” Moses Kiptanui, a three-time world 3,000m steeplechase champion, told Reuters.
“Marathon runners failing dope tests was almost becoming normal. But when it came to the 1,500m, we were shocked. More so, Asbel (Kiprop), whom many youths looked to as a role model.
“We are mourning. From rural to urban areas, this has shaken everybody to the core,” he said.
Kiptanui, who runs an Eldoret department store, said the lack of tough anti-doping laws coupled with a laxity among Athletics Kenya (AK) officials and Kenyans’ predilection for manipulating rules will bring the country’s top sport to its knees.
“Officials with vested interests, who are attracted by perks, and not the love of the game, are ruining the sport. Even with anti-doping laws in place, we don’t have policing which specializes in anti-doping matters,” said Kiptanui, who blew the whistle on doping problems in Kenya in 2003.
However, Barnaba Korir, a member of the Athletics Kenya Executive Committee, defended the local governing body, saying Kenyans must accept that the country has a doping problem.
“Let us accept that there is a problem and agree on how to tackle it. Blame game won’t help. Kenyans are still in denial yet this doping thing is festering,” he said.
“Athletes are not children. They are responsible for what goes in their bodies. AK only sensitises and educates them on doping matters. They take full responsibility for their actions,” he added.
KIPROP’S ALLEGATIONS
Kiprop alleged that testers extorted money from him, an allegation the AIU did not address. He also claimed that the testers might have interfered with his sample.
The AIU, which was set up to combat all forms of corruption and ethical misconduct within athletics, was satisfied there was no interference with his sample but conceded that Kiprop had been given advance notice that he would be tested.
This contravenes the World Anti-Doping Agency’s guidelines stating that out-of-competition tests should be conducted without notice to athletes.
Kiprop also alleged that he was being pressured to accept that he doped so that he could be made an IAAF ambassador against doping, an allegation the AIU rejected.
Korir and Kiptanui questioned why Kiprop had engaged in what they said was a futile attempt to smear testers and the IAAF.
“Why couldn’t he raise the matter when it happened? Why wait until now to reveal that testers extorted money from him?” asked Kiptanui.
Korir also wondered why Kiprop was revealing so many of the details he should present to the IAAF tribunal.
“The process is ongoing. The best thing Kiprop should do is wait for the appropriate time to argue his case. This was ill-advised,” he said.
Kiprop is among almost 50 athletes from the east African nation, long revered for its distance running pedigree, who have failed doping tests, the most famous being former three-time Boston Marathon champion, Rita Jeptoo and Jemimah Sumgong, Olympics marathon gold medalist in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.
The North Rift Valley towns of Eldoret and Iten, some 350km north-west of the capital Nairobi, rank distance running as their biggest foreign exchange earner.
They take so much pride in their athletes that Eldoret has the name ‘city of champions’, Iten is known as the ‘home of champions’ while Kapsabet to the south, birthplace of twice Olympic champion Kipchoge Keino, is the ‘source of champions’.
In Iten, Jonah Kiplagat, a 32-year-old motorcyclist who retired from road running due to injury, said the residents of the hamlet on the edge of the picturesque Kerio Valley were commiserating with Kiprop.
“He is our hero here. When we see his car zooming past, we are proud of him and the fame he has brought our town. This came as a shock to us,” he said.
Social clubs in Iten, mostly frequented by sportspeople, were not doing much trade on Friday. The Mindililwo area where Kiprop built a training camp was like a ghost town.
Situated on the Iten-Kapsowar road where two other celebrated athletes, marathon runners Wilson Kipsang and Edna Kiplagat, live, the news was on everyone’s lips.
Editing by Ken Ferris and Pritha Sarkar
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Kiprop’s doping failure hits Kenya’s cradle of athletics
ELDORET, Kenya (Reuters) – The residents of Eldoret and Iten, considered Kenya’s home of distance running, are hurting following official confirmation that former Olympic and world 1,500 meters champion Asbel Kiprop has tested positive for the banned blood-booster EPO.
FILE PHOTO: Asbel Kiprop of Kenya reacts after winning the men’s 1500 metres final during the 15th IAAF World Championships at the National Stadium in Beijing, China, August 30, 2015. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo
The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), an independent body handling doping matters on behalf of the sport’s governing IAAF, earlier on Friday confirmed media reports that the 28-year-old three-time world champion over 1,500m had failed a dope test.
The case is now with an International Association of Athletics Federations’ disciplinary tribunal and the 28-year-old Kiprop, one of Kenya’s most decorated athletes, could face a four-year ban.
There was a somber mood on the Eldoret streets among the local people and in Iten, Kiprop’s home town, where the residents discussed the doping situation in subdued tones.
“This one has hit us where it hurts most,” Moses Kiptanui, a three-time world 3,000m steeplechase champion, told Reuters.
“Marathon runners failing dope tests was almost becoming normal. But when it came to the 1,500m, we were shocked. More so, Asbel (Kiprop), whom many youths looked to as a role model.
“We are mourning. From rural to urban areas, this has shaken everybody to the core,” he said.
Kiptanui, who runs an Eldoret department store, said the lack of tough anti-doping laws coupled with a laxity among Athletics Kenya (AK) officials and Kenyans’ predilection for manipulating rules will bring the country’s top sport to its knees.
“Officials with vested interests, who are attracted by perks, and not the love of the game, are ruining the sport. Even with anti-doping laws in place, we don’t have policing which specializes in anti-doping matters,” said Kiptanui, who blew the whistle on doping problems in Kenya in 2003.
However, Barnaba Korir, a member of the Athletics Kenya Executive Committee, defended the local governing body, saying Kenyans must accept that the country has a doping problem.
“Let us accept that there is a problem and agree on how to tackle it. Blame game won’t help. Kenyans are still in denial yet this doping thing is festering,” he said.
“Athletes are not children. They are responsible for what goes in their bodies. AK only sensitises and educates them on doping matters. They take full responsibility for their actions,” he added.
KIPROP’S ALLEGATIONS
Kiprop alleged that testers extorted money from him, an allegation the AIU did not address. He also claimed that the testers might have interfered with his sample.
The AIU, which was set up to combat all forms of corruption and ethical misconduct within athletics, was satisfied there was no interference with his sample but conceded that Kiprop had been given advance notice that he would be tested.
This contravenes the World Anti-Doping Agency’s guidelines stating that out-of-competition tests should be conducted without notice to athletes.
Kiprop also alleged that he was being pressured to accept that he doped so that he could be made an IAAF ambassador against doping, an allegation the AIU rejected.
Korir and Kiptanui questioned why Kiprop had engaged in what they said was a futile attempt to smear testers and the IAAF.
“Why couldn’t he raise the matter when it happened? Why wait until now to reveal that testers extorted money from him?” asked Kiptanui.
Korir also wondered why Kiprop was revealing so many of the details he should present to the IAAF tribunal.
“The process is ongoing. The best thing Kiprop should do is wait for the appropriate time to argue his case. This was ill-advised,” he said.
Kiprop is among almost 50 athletes from the east African nation, long revered for its distance running pedigree, who have failed doping tests, the most famous being former three-time Boston Marathon champion, Rita Jeptoo and Jemimah Sumgong, Olympics marathon gold medalist in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.
The North Rift Valley towns of Eldoret and Iten, some 350km north-west of the capital Nairobi, rank distance running as their biggest foreign exchange earner.
They take so much pride in their athletes that Eldoret has the name ‘city of champions’, Iten is known as the ‘home of champions’ while Kapsabet to the south, birthplace of twice Olympic champion Kipchoge Keino, is the ‘source of champions’.
In Iten, Jonah Kiplagat, a 32-year-old motorcyclist who retired from road running due to injury, said the residents of the hamlet on the edge of the picturesque Kerio Valley were commiserating with Kiprop.
“He is our hero here. When we see his car zooming past, we are proud of him and the fame he has brought our town. This came as a shock to us,” he said.
Social clubs in Iten, mostly frequented by sportspeople, were not doing much trade on Friday. The Mindililwo area where Kiprop built a training camp was like a ghost town.
Situated on the Iten-Kapsowar road where two other celebrated athletes, marathon runners Wilson Kipsang and Edna Kiplagat, live, the news was on everyone’s lips.
Editing by Ken Ferris and Pritha Sarkar
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AIU confirms Kiprop positive test, rejects allegations
LONDON (Reuters) – The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) confirmed on Friday that Kenyan former three-times world 1,500 metres champion Asbel Kiprop had tested positive for the banned blood booster EPO, and rejected some of his extraordinary allegations against officials.
Asbel Kiprop of Kenya, gold medal, poses on the podium after the men’s 1500m event during the 15th IAAF World Championships at the National Stadium in Beijing, China, August 30, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Kiprop, 28, said on Thursday in a lengthy statement that his urine sample might have been tampered with by dope testers who, he said, not only tipped him off about their visit in November last year but also took a payment from him.
The AIU, an independent body that manages all doping- related matters for athletics, conceded on Friday that he had been given advance notice but said it was satisfied there had been no interference with his sample.
“These allegations have been investigated by the AIU. The AIU is satisfied that there has been no mix up or tampering with the sample,” said its statement.
Kiprop’s case is now with an International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) disciplinary tribunal and he could be banned for four years if found guilty of doping.
Around 50 Kenyan athletes have failed tests in recent years, including three-times Boston Marathon champion Rita Jeptoo and Olympic marathon champion Jemima Sumgong.
One of the more eye-catching claims made by Kiprop, a senior police officer, was that he had paid the testers an unspecified amount of money and did not consider it untoward.
“I did not at the time expect that the request for the money had anything to do with the sample,” Kiprop said.
“At that time I did not see the money as inducement or bribe for anything. I gave it in good faith thinking they may have some need known to them. In retrospect, I now clearly see the money as having a relation with the sample collected on that date, and even the irregular advance notice I was given.”
“AMBASSADOR ROLE”
The AIU statement did not address that allegation but added: “The advanced notice of testing given by the doping control assistant could not reasonably have caused EPO to be present in Mr Kiprop’s sample and, as such, the departure does not invalidate the (test) … This will ultimately be a matter for the tribunal to determine.”
Kiprop said the testers, who first visited him at his disclosed whereabouts in Iten on Nov. 27, had suggested he admit to doping so that he could be given an IAAF anti-doping “ambassador role” – an allegation the AIU flatly rejected.
It said that, before opening proceedings, AIU investigators had given Kiprop the chance to “admit any offence promptly or to provide information about doping in athletics that could amount to ‘substantial assistance’”.
“This is standard practice (and) any suggestion that there was anything improper about this conversation is categorically untrue.”
Kiprop was informed of the failed test on Feb. 3.
“I will be the last person to commit such an atrocious un-sports like thing,” he said, adding that he was perplexed how his “innocent sample turned positive”.
He added that it would have been “less than clever” of him to dope seven months before his next scheduled competition in Qatar on May 4, and that he could easily have dodged the test.
“I could choose to miss the collection without any consequences,” he said. Consequences for missing a sampling meeting arise only after missing three times. I had not missed previously.”
As part of IAAF head Sebastian Coe’s reforms of the body, doping matters have been dealt with by the AIU since April last year.
Kiprop, the third-fastest man in history over 1,500 meters, was world champion in 2011, 2013 and 2015, and promoted to gold at the 2008 Olympics after Bahrain’s Rashid Ramzi tested positive for doping.
Reporting by Mitch Phillips, additional reporting by Isaack Omolu and Nick Mulvenney; Editing by Kevin Liffey
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The race that no one could take away from Shalane Flanagan
#OlympicGames #Beijing2008 [ESPN]Just this year, Flanagan's Beijing 2008 bronze medal in the 10,000-meter event was upgraded to silver after a runner ahead of her was disqualified for doping. Rio 2016 marathon winner Jemima Sumgong tested positive for EPO last spring. Kenyan Rita Jeptoo ...
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