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Kenyan senators unanimously approved the 2020 anti-doping amendment bill. Once enacted by President Uhuru Kenyatta, athletes involved in doping will face strict measures, including jail time. This follows several cases in which Kenya’s top athletes were found to have used banned substances. Big names include marathon runner Jemima Sumgong, who tested positive for a banned substance in 2017 and was banned for 8 years, long-distance runner Salome Biwott, who received the Unit’s maximum 8-year doping ban. Integrity Award in 2019. Three- World and Olympic 1,500 meter champion Asbel Kiprop received a 4-year doping ban in 2019, following an out-of-competition event in November 2017. His ban dates back as of February 3, 2018. This amendment bill follows a call by the Athletics Integrity Unit to budding young athletes to avoid substances that could lead to doping violations.
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The IAAF Athletics Integrity Unit has handed over the 36-year-old runner, who was also sanctioned for two years in 2012 for another doping offense, the maximum sanction of eight years. Biwott … Read more »
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The three times 1,500 m world champion and Olympian Asbel Kiprop affirms that the two officials of the World Anti-Doping Agency, who came to carry out the out-of-competition tests in … Read more »
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The three-time world champion, Asbel Kiprop, tested positive in an out-of-competition test in November 2017. His ban dates back to February 3, 2018, but he has another … Read more »
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