Kenyan Wilson Kipsang, former marathon world record holder and bronze medallist ...
LONDON - Kenyan Wilson Kipsang, former marathon world record holder and bronze medallist at the 2012 Olympics, has been provisionally suspended for whereabouts failures and tampering with samples, the Athletics Integrity Unit said on its Twitter account on Friday.
“We emphasize that there is no case of use of doping,” the company said in a statement. “No prohibited substance was found. Kipsang, 37, is twice a winner of the London Marathon and has a personal best of two hours, 3 minutes, 13 seconds — making him the equal sixth-fastest man in history. His time of 2:03.23 at the 2013 Berlin Marathon stood as the world record for a year.“It is disappointing to hear another Kenyan, and a top one at that, becoming a victim of the doping scourge,” Barnaba Korir, Athletics Kenya Executive Committee member and Chairman of the Nairobi Region, told Reuters.
“This is a big name, an elite athlete, who should not just know better but be a role model to the younger athletes.”Kenya was among the countries placed on the World Anti-Doping Agency compliance watch list in 2016 and Kipsang is the latest Kenyan athlete to be charged with a rule violation. They include 2008 Olympic 1,500m champion Asbel Kiprop, former Boston and Chicago Marathon winner Rita Jeptoo and 2016 Olympic marathon champion and former London marathon winner Jemimah Sumgong.
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