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Mark Otieno suspended hours to 100m dash at Tokyo Olympics

Mark Otieno leading in the 100m men category during trials for the Tokyo Olympic games at Kasarani stadium, June 17, 2021. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

Kenya’s 100m sprinter Mark Otieno has been provisionally suspended just hours before he was to take to the track at the Tokyo Olympics.

Otieno returned adverse findings in his urine A sample for what officials here said is a banned substance called methasterone, an anabolic steroid.

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