2023-05-17 12:21:06
Bronze medalist at the 2019 World Athletics Championships, Rhonex Kipruto has been provisionally suspended for doping.
Kenyan Rhonex Kipruto, world bronze medalist in the 10,000m in 2019 and world record holder in the 10km road, has been provisionally suspended for doping, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced on Wednesday. Kipruto is suspended for “use of a prohibited substance or methodon the basis of his biological passport, indicates the AIU without further details.
Aged 23, Rhonex Kipruto is a safe bet in Kenyan athletics: he won bronze in the 10,000m at the Doha World Championships in 2019, before becoming the world record holder for the 10 km road (26 min 24) in 2020 in Valencia. He then finished 9th in the 10,000m at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
Kenya and its endurance racing specialists have been responsible for many doping cases in recent years. The AIU, an independent body responsible in particular for tests and investigations since 2017, denounced in April large-scale doping in the country, “better and better organized” with “the involvement of people with medical experience».
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