Diana Kipyokei of Kenya was suspended Friday for utilizing an unlawful substance throughout her Boston Marathon win.
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Boston Marathon winner Diana Kipyokei was suspended Friday after testing optimistic for doping on the 2021 race and might be stripped of her title.
The Athletics Integrity Unit introduced that Kipyokei failed a drug check that was collected after she gained the 2021 marathon.
She examined optimistic for triamcinolone acetonide, a therapeutic drug prohibited in competitors when administered through oral, rectal and all injectable routes due to clear proof it acts as a efficiency enhancer, the AIU stated.
Athletes are allowed to check optimistic for the drug in the event that they show it was administered by one other route that was not orally, rectally or by injection.
Kipyokei allegedly tried to tamper with the doping investigation by offering false documentation about her drug use.
If the Kenyan long-distance runner is confirmed to have taken the prohibited drug, she shall be disqualified because the one hundred and twenty fifth Boston Marathon winner, the AIU stated, and the $150,000 prize cash. Kipyokei additionally faces not less than a four-year ban from the game.
The Boston Athletic Affiliation stated in a press release it will readjust the race rankings and supply prize award changes to high finishers of the 2021 marathon, pending the sanctioning.
Kipyokei gained the Boston ladies’s race in 2 hours, 24 minutes, 45 seconds. She completed 24 seconds forward of her Kenyan compatriot Edna Kiplagat, who gained the Boston Marathon in 2017. If Kipyokei is disqualified, Kiplagat will declare her second Boston Marathon title.
“Kipyokei’s consequence within the 2021 Boston Marathon shall be disqualified, pending the completion of related athlete appeals processes,” the BAA stated. “The Boston Athletic Affiliation helps strict anti-doping measures to make sure truthful competitors and clear sport.”
One other Kenyan runner, Betty Wilson Lempus, was additionally suspended Friday after testing optimistic for a similar drug after successful the 2021 Harmonie Mutuelle Semi de Paris. Lempus was additionally charged with tampering with the AIU investigation by offering false documentation.
Thursday, the AIU banned Kenyan runner Mark Kangogo for the presence of triamcinolone acetonide in his pattern.
“The circumstances introduced at this time are a part of a current development in Kenyan athletics concerning
triamcinolone acetonide, with ten Kenyan athletes testing optimistic for that prohibited
substance between 2021 and 2022,” the AIU stated in a press release.
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