Paris. Kenyan athlete Lawrence Cherono, winner of the Boston and Chicago marathons in 2019, has been suspended for seven years for doping, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) introduced on Wednesday.
The 35-year-old long-distance runner, the twelfth finest marathoner in historical past with a time of two:03:04 achieved in 2020, examined optimistic for trimetazidine, a drug basically used to stop angina, in an out-of-competition take a look at that happened on Might 23, 2022.
“The AIU has suspended Lawrence Cherono for a interval of seven years from 16 July 2022 (the date of graduation of his provisional suspension) for presence/use of a prohibited substance and tampering or tried tampering with anti-doping management,” the AIU stated in an announcement.
The optimistic take a look at earned him a four-year suspension and the rest of the sanction is for having made “false statements and having offered fraudulent paperwork to justify his optimistic take a look at,” the AIU stated.
Cherono, who completed fourth on the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, is subsequently suspended till July 2029.
The Kenyan has not run since April 2022 (second within the Boston Marathon) and discovered of his provisional suspension simply earlier than the World Championships in Eugene (United States) in 2022, the place he had deliberate to take part within the legendary distance of 42,195 km.
Kenya and its endurance racing specialists have been on the centre of doping instances in recent times.
The AIU, an unbiased physique liable for testing and investigations since 2017, denounced in April 2023 {that a} large-scale doping system existed within the African nation.
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– 2024-07-12 23:24:19
