Integrity Unit said in a statement That "Kenneth Kiprop Ringo, 26, suspended for five years from 13 May 2022 for possession/use of a substance methasterone; forbidden"pointing to the growing cases of doping in Kenya.
Ringo won the 10km race in the French city of Lille in April 2022, in addition to half Copenhagen Marathon in September 2021.
In October, two Kenyan runners, 2021 Boston Marathon winner Diana Chimtai Kibioki and Betty Wilson-Limbus, were provisionally suspended for violations. Anti-doping law.
The two riders were charged with tampering with evidence and obstructing proceedings, in particular due to Use of false documentsafter it was shown that they had taken triamcinolone in 2021, which was allowed under certain conditions at the time, before it was banned outright since last January.
More than 20 Kenyan athletes have been suspended since the start of the year. Kenya was placed in the first category in the watchlist earlier International Association of Athletics Federations and the World Anti-Doping Agency (AMA) since 2016.
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Integrity Unit said in a statement that “Kenneth Kiprop Ringo, 26, was suspended for five years starting May 13, 2022 for presence/use of a substance methasterone; prohibited,” referring to the growing number of doping cases in Kenya.
Ringo won the 10km race in the French city of Lille in April 2022, in addition to half Copenhagen Marathon in September 2021.
In October, two Kenyan runners, 2021 Boston Marathon winner Diana Chimtai Kibioki and Betty Wilson-Limbus, were provisionally suspended for violations. Anti-doping law.
The two riders were charged with tampering with evidence and obstructing proceedings, in particular due to Use of false documentsafter it was shown that they had taken triamcinolone in 2021, which was allowed under certain conditions at the time, before it was banned outright since last January.
More than 20 Kenyan athletes have been suspended since the start of the year. Kenya was placed in the first category in the watchlist earlier International Association of Athletics Federations and the World Anti-Doping Agency (AMA) since 2016.
