Kibet banned for doping
Reading Time: 2min | Fri. 05.02.21. | 17:42
Another Kenyan joins the growing list of athletes caught doping by the hawk eyed Athletics Integrity Unit.
Kenyan long-distance runner James Kibet was on Friday, February 5 slapped with a four-year ban by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU).
This comes after the 31-year-old who has a personal best for 10km of 28:19 and half-marathon of 63:56 was banned in November 2019 tested positive for nandrolone and anabolic steroids.
His suspension was effected after his urine sample was collected at the Corsa dei Santi event and found substances that are prohibited by the World Anti-Doping Agency.
Kibet also submitted a video recording of a pig farmer in the Kenyan town of Eldoret explaining how they farm and feed pigs using supplements.
The roadrunner went to the extent of submitting footage of a pig farmer in Eldoret explaining how they farm and feed pigs using supplements.
The Disciplinary Tribunal has banned long-distance runner James Kibet of Kenya for 4 years for the presence & use of a prohibited substance, both violations of the @worldathletics Anti-Doping Rules.
— Athletics Integrity Unit (@aiu_athletics) February 5, 2021
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In 2020 the county saw former world marathon record holder Wilson Kipsang, Kenneth Kipkemoi, Mercy Jerotich and former world junior 800m champion Alfred Kipketer suspended and charged for whereabouts failures by AIU.
Sarah Chepchirchir was also slapped with a four-year ban back in December 2019 because of abnormalities in her athlete biological passport, which is usually evidence of abusing erythropoietin (EPO).
The marathon runner had previously been a training partner of 2016 Olympic Games marathon Jemima Sumgong, her sister-in-law, who is currently serving an eight-year drugs ban, under Italian coach Federicco Rosa.
