Kenya: Three Strikes That Earned Kenyan Athlete Two-Year Ban From AIU

Nairobi — The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has slapped Kenyan athlete Kennedy Kiprop Cheboror with a two-year ban after three whereabout failures.

The 2019 Gyeongju Marathon champion was first cited for a whereabout failure on November 6 last year after he was unavailable at his Kapsabet athletics training camp for an anti-doping test.

“The DCO (doping control officer) and the DCA (doping control agent) met a man who informed them that the Athlete was in his off-season at his home (and…