{"id":17535,"date":"2020-11-13T20:33:08","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T20:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=17535"},"modified":"2020-11-13T20:33:08","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T20:33:08","slug":"kenyas-manangoi-banned-for-two-years-for-anti-doping-violation-athletics-integrity-unit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/kenyas-manangoi-banned-for-two-years-for-anti-doping-violation-athletics-integrity-unit","title":{"rendered":"Kenya&#8217;s Manangoi banned for two years for anti-doping violation &#8211; Athletics Integrity Unit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Former 1,500 metres world champion Elijah Manangoi of Kenya has been handed a two-year ban after missing three tests under whereabouts rules, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Manangoi was provisionally suspended in July for the violations and the AIU said his ban will come into effect \u201con the date of the third Whereabouts Failure\u201d from Dec. 22 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling means \u201cdisqualification of all competitive results obtained by the athlete since 22 December 2019 with all resulting consequences, including the forfeiture of any titles, awards, medals, points prizes and appearance money,\u201d AIU said in the statement.<\/p>\n<p>Manangoi joins a list of Kenyan athletes who have been sanctioned in recent years, including 2008 Olympic 1,500m champion Asbel Kiprop, former Boston and Chicago Marathon winner Rita Jeptoo and 2016 Olympic marathon champion Jemimah Sumgong.<\/p>\n<p>Kenya was among the countries placed on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA\u2019s) compliance watch list in 2016.<\/p>\n<p><em>Below Athletics Integrity Unit statement on Kenya&#8217;s Manangoi ban<\/em><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.athleticsintegrity.org\/downloads\/pdfs\/disciplinary-process\/en\/AIU-19-394_MANANGOI_-FINAL-DECISION.pdf<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Kenya: Former 1,500 metres world champion Elijah Manangoi of Kenya has been handed a two-year ban after missing three tests under whereabouts rules, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Friday. 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