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Asbel Kiprop's estranged wife wants star help

Kenya's Asbel Kiprop celebrates after winning the men's 1500m race during the Diamond League Athletics meeting Weltklasse in Zurich, September 2015. [AFP]

The estranged wife of embattled 1500m Olympic Champion Asbel Kiprop wants an urgent counselling for the track star, who was recently found guilty of doping.

Kiprop, a three-time world champion, tested positive for erythropoietin (EPO) in an out-of-competition test in Iten in November 2017 and was, barely ten days ago, slapped with a four-year ban,  but has maintained his innocence, claiming his sample may have been tampered with.

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