Kenya's Manangoi banned for two years for anti-doping violation - Athletics Integrity Unit

FILE PHOTO: Elijah Motonei Manangoi of Kenya during the IAAF World Athletics Championships in London. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images for IAAF)

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.

Manangoi was provisionally suspended in July for the violations and the AIU said his ban will come into effect “on the date of the third Whereabouts Failure” from Dec. 22 2019.