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Former Olympic champion Kiprop gets four-year doping ban

21 April 2019, 11:53 AM  |
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Asbel Kiprop

Asbel Kiprop tested positive for the banned blood booster erythropoietin (EPO) in November 2017.

Asbel Kiprop

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Asbel Kiprop tested positive for the banned blood booster erythropoietin (EPO) in November 2017.

Kenya’s former Olympic 1500 metres champion Asbel Kiprop has been handed a four-year ban for doping, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Saturday.

The 29-year-old, who also won three world championship golds, tested positive for the banned blood booster erythropoietin (EPO) in November 2017. Kiprop had argued his urine sample, which was taken out of competition, could have been tampered with by his testers, who had tipped him off about their visit and taken a payment from him.

However, the AIU, an independent body managing all doping-related matters for athletics, said they were satisfied that there had been no interference and an IAAF Disciplinary

Tribunal on Saturday suspended him for four years effective February 2018. He had been tentatively suspended by the AIU in May 2018.

“The (AIU) panel is aware that its order will interrupt and may even terminate the athlete’s sporting career and cast a shadow over his impressive competitive record,” it said in a statement. “But in its opinion, the laboratory results viewed in the context of the evidential record and the regulatory framework unit admit of no other conclusion than the case against the athlete is convincingly made out.”

Kiprop can appeal his case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). He continues to maintain his innocence.

“There is no justice in the world. Not every prisoner in jail is guilty. I will consult my lawyer to see if I will appeal at CAS but no matter the outcome I will be back stronger,” he told Kenyan media on Saturday.

Kiprop was awarded the 1 500m gold medal from the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing after original winner Rashid Ramzi tested positive for doping. Kiprop won his three world titles in 2011, 2013 and 2015.

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