World athletics received terrible news this Tuesday, as the Kenyan Rhonex Kiprutoworld record holder in the 10 kilometers and winner of the 2019 world bronze medal in the 10,000 meters competition, was suspended for six years for doping.
Hard suspension
“Rhonex Kipruto was suspended by the AIU after the disciplinary tribunal concluded that irregularities in his biological passport were a consequence of doping,” the AIU said in a statement. The anti-doping court also spoke, stating:
“The cause of the abnormalities in the biological passport is probably due to blood manipulation, there is no other possible explanation.”
It is clarified that the biological passport serves to track selected biological changes over a long period and allows sanctioning without positive anti-doping control in case of unanimity in a panel of experts.
Kipruto is 24 years old and was one of the stars of Kenyan athletics. After the bronze in the Doha World Cup was the 10 km world record, with a time of 26 minutes and 24 seconds, in 2020 in Valencia Spain).
The results “will be annulled,” explained the AIU, which decided to erase all its marks between September 2, 2018 and May 11, 2023.
“It is suspended until May 2029. Kenya, one of the cradles of the global fund, has had multiple doping cases in recent years. The AIU, an independent body, denounced in April 2023 that there was “large-scale” doping in the country,” noted the AFP agency.
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