{"id":11672,"date":"2020-07-23T18:26:41","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T18:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=11672"},"modified":"2020-07-23T18:26:41","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T18:26:41","slug":"former-world-1500m-champion-elijah-manangoi-suspended-over-violating-anti-doping-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/former-world-1500m-champion-elijah-manangoi-suspended-over-violating-anti-doping-rules","title":{"rendered":"Former World 1500m champion Elijah Manangoi suspended over violating anti-doping rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> World 1500m champion (2017) Elijah Manangoi is the latest big-name Kenyan athlete to receive a suspension over violation of anti-doping rules.<\/p>\n<p>According to The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), Manangoi has been flagged down over whereabout failures.<\/p>\n<p>Three other athletes, long-distance runner Kenneth Kipkemoi, Mercy Kibarus and Patrick Siele have also been charged by the AIU for violation of anti-doping rules.<\/p>\n<p>Kenneth and Kibarus have been slapped with two and five year bans respectively for possessing prohibited substances, Terbutaline and Norandrosterone respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Long-distance runner Patrick Siele has also been suspended over \u2018Evading, Refusing or Failing to Submit to Sample Collection\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Manangoi maintained his innocence and stressed that he has always competed as a clean athlete and detests doping.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNews of my suspension by the AIU for three missed tests is really devastating for me and I\u2019m trying to get my head around it. What I can say is each of the missed tests happened during 2019, my case has nothing to do with prohibited substances and I\u2019ve always competed as a clean athlete,\u201d Manangoi said in a statement sent to newsrooms on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cLast year was the worst period of my career when I was upset through injury which impacted everything on and off the track. I know I\u2019ve let people down, in particular, my coach and fellow athletes and I also know that no matter what I say here I\u2019ll be criticised.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe facts of the cases are clear in my mind and I\u2019m sure there will be a time when it is appropriate to go into more detail. But right now I\u2019m focused on compiling a formal response to the AIU so won\u2019t be commenting further.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2020 alone, five Kenyan athletes have been suspended and charged for whereabouts failures by the AIU including; former world marathon record holder Wilson Kipsang, former world junior 800m champion Alfred Kipketer, James Kibet, Mercy Jerotich and distance runner Kenneth Kipkemoi.<\/p>\n<p>From 2004 to August 2018, 138 Kenyan athletes tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs, according to a WADA report published in September 2018.<\/p>\n<p>With their high number of dopers, Kenya was placed under category A on the list of countries being watched together with Nigeria, Ethiopia, Bahrain, Morocco, Ukraine and Belarus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Kenya: World 1500m champion (2017) Elijah Manangoi is the latest big-name Kenyan athlete to receive a suspension over violation of anti-doping rules. 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