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Kenyan long-distance runner Joyce Chepkirui slapped with 4-year doping ban

Athletics

By Robert Abong’o | Apr 13, 2022

Joyce Chepkirui, a Kenyan long-distance runner has received a 4-year-ban after being found guilty of an Athlete Biological Passport (ABP) violation.

33-year-old Chepkirui was provisionally suspended in 2019 after being found to have discrepancies in her Athletes Biological Passport (ABP) as well as using ‘prohibited substances’

Chepkirui won the 10,000m at the Commonwealth Games in 2014 at Glasgow and was also victorious over the same distance in Marrakech the same year.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has upheld an appeal filed by the AIU and banned Kenyan long-distance runner Joyce Chepkirui for 4 years, starting 28 June 2019, for an Athlete Biological Passport (ABP) violation.

Detail here ⬇https://t.co/tAuoPIfKTe pic.twitter.com/X9gA1rbHpF — Athletics Integrity Unit (@aiu_athletics) April 13, 2022