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Kenyan Jerono banned for eight years over doping
By Matthews Mutai,
1110, July 18, 2019 (EAT)
Kenyan long-distance runner Salome Jerono Biwott has been banned for eight years after she was found guilty of committing a second doping violation by...
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Be more zealous in doping war, Tanui tells AK, government
By Citizen Reporter,
1805, October 30, 2018 (EAT)
Veteran marathoner Moses Tanui now wants Athletics Kenya (AK) to collaborate with the government to tame foreign scoundrel athletes’ agents and coac...
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‘Traumatised’ Kiprop vows to prove innocence
By Reuters,
1751, May 5, 2018 (EAT)
Kenya’s former Olympic and world 1,500 metres champion Asbel Kiprop said he was traumatised by the news that he failed a doping test for the banned ...
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Asbel Kiprop faces four-year ban after failed drug test
By Reuters,
1440, May 5, 2018 (EAT)
Former Olympic champion Asbel Kiprop could face a four-year ban following official confirmation that he tested positive for a banned blood-booster....
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No way back for Sumgong after doping ban
By Philip Muchiri,
1442, November 9, 2017 (EAT)
Olympic marathon champion Jemima Sumgong is set to be the first casualty of a decision by Athletics Kenya (AK) to hand life bans to Kenyan dope cheats...
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Sumgong handed four-year ban
By Charity Wanja,
1806, November 7, 2017 (EAT)
Kenya’s Olympic champion Jemima Sumgong was on Tuesday afternoon handed a four-year ban for using banned blood-booster EPO. The ruling made by t...
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All set for anti-doping launch as AK ups campaign against vice
By Charity Wanja,
1609, October 31, 2017 (EAT)
The stage is set for the launch of the Anti-Doping Day in Kapsabet, Nandi County and Nyahururu in Lakipia County on Thursday, as Athletics Kenya up...
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Coach Barardelli acquitted in dope cheat Jeptoo case
By Charity Wanja,
1632, October 12, 2017 (EAT)
A Nairobi court has acquitted Coach Claudio Barardelli and two others of conspiring to injure disgraced marathoner Rita Jeptoo’s profession by givin...
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Another failed doping test report to rock Kenya
By Reuters,
1712, April 28, 2017 (EAT)
The chairman of Athletics Kenya (AK) has told Reuters that another "high-profile athlete" has failed a doping test, just weeks after it emerged Rio Ol...
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Obiri vows to help fight doping at her new Nock role
By Charity Wanja,
1746, April 27, 2017 (EAT)
Fighting the doping menace that recently crept back to bruise the image of a healing nation is top among Helen Obiri’s priorities lists as she prepa...
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Kirui stunner, Kiplagat delivers Boston Marathon title
By Matthews Mutai,
2104, April 17, 2017 (EAT)
Running in only his third marathon ever, Geoffrey Kirui was Kenya’s unlikely hero as he defied a daunting field to deliver the country’s first gol...
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AK confirm receiving IAAF’s Sumgong test fail dossier
By Matthews Mutai,
1514, April 7, 2017 (EAT)
World athletics governing body the IAAF submitted a copy of a notification of an anti-doping rule violation against the 2016 Rio Olympic marathon cha...
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Olympic marathon champ Sumgong fails dope test: IAAF
By AFP,
1030, April 7, 2017 (EAT)
Jemima Sumgong, the first Kenyan woman to win an Olympic gold in the marathon when she triumphed in Rio last year, has failed an out-of-competition do...
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Top guns welcome anti-doping move, AK invites 108 for seminar
By Charity Wanja,
1925, January 11, 2017 (EAT)
Top athletes have welcomed the initiative taken by Athletics Kenya (AK) to involve the Kenyan Doctors Network in a bid to stem the spike in doping cas...
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AK: Elite athletes to be cleared by doctors to stem doping
By Charity Wanja,
1437, January 10, 2017 (EAT)
Elite Kenyan athletes are now required to get clearance from the Kenyan Doctors Network (KDN) to represent the country at international competition. ...
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Kenya says yes as Coe IAAF reforms sail through
By Mutwiri Mutuota,
2132, December 3, 2016 (EAT)
After a week of intrigues, Lord Sebastian Coe scored a major victory when the IAAF Council overwhelmingly voted to adopt his key reforms in a sport ba...
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Court adjourns Berardelli case, grants travel request
By Charity Wanja,
1118, November 24, 2016 (EAT)
The case involving Italian athletics coach Claudio Berardelli and two co-accused has been adjourned to March 1 next year. This comes after Senior P...
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Italian manager Federico acquitted of doping charges
By Charity Wanja,
1656, November 22, 2016 (EAT)
Italian manager and Athletes' Representative Federico Rosa was set free after the State withdrew doping charges levelled against him on Tuesday. T...
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Seb Coe: Jeptoo ban extension pointer to IAAF reforms
By Mutwiri Mutuota,
1346, November 9, 2016 (EAT)
IAAF President Lord Sebastian Coe maintains the recent ruling to double the ban of disgraced Kenyan female marathon star Rita Jeptoo is a pointer to t...
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Boston Marathon moves to recover prize money from Jeptoo
By Mutwiri Mutuota,
1212, October 27, 2016 (EAT)
Boston Athletic Association (BAA) who organise among other races the annual Boston Marathon have instituted the process of recovering the winnings fro...
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