• Kenyan provisionally suspended for whereabouts failures
• Hearing to be held under World Athletics Anti-Doping rules
The two-times London Marathon winner Wilson Kipsang has been provisionally suspended for whereabouts failures and tampering with samples, the Athletics Integrity Unit has announced. The Kenyan, who also won major marathons in Berlin, New York and Chicago and is the only man to beat the world record holder Eliud Kipchoge over 26.2 miles, has been formally charged according to the AIU’s website.
Under anti-doping regulations, athletes have to inform testing authorities of their whereabouts for a one-hour window every day and three failures – not being present at the said time within 12 months – lead to an automatic ban. The 37-year-old, who has a personal best of 2hr, 3min, 13secs, making him the equal sixth-fastest man in history, will face a hearing conducted under the rules of World Athletics Anti-Doping.
Written by Sean Ingle
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/jan/10/london-marathon-winner-wilson-kipsang-anti-doping-hearing under the title “London Marathon winner Wilson Kipsang to face anti-doping hearing”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
