Kenyan Runner Rhonex Kipruto Banned for Six Years Over Doping
Kipruto loses 10K world record and 2019 World Championship bronze medal after ABP irregularities reveal blood manipulation.
- Athletics Integrity Unit found abnormalities in Kipruto's Athlete Biological Passport dating back to 2018.
- The ban extends until May 2029, and all results from September 2018 to May 2023 are annulled.
- Kipruto's 10K world record from 2020 will be awarded to Ethiopia's Berihu Aregawi.
- Kipruto's defense blamed illnesses, training habits, and alcohol use, but the tribunal rejected these claims.
- This case adds to a series of doping scandals involving Kenyan distance runners.
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