Kenyan Marathon Champion Banned Until 2023 for Doping

Kenya: Daniel Wanjiru Banned Until 2023

Last updated on September 11th, 2021 at 08:19 am

London marathon champion Daniel Wanjiru has been banned until 2023 for doping buy the World Athletic Federation (WAF), he has been caught using banned substance.

A Thursday announcement sees Kenya’s walking champion Daniel Wanjiru banned from athletics for doping until 8th December 2023.

The 2017 London Marathon winner was once suspended in April based totally on allegations of taking a banned substance – which he denied, however, a examined sample again levels of purple blood cells which had no “physiological explanation,” in accordance to a announcement issued by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU).

A similar discovering from a check taken In March 2019 that additionally indicated the likelihood of a prohibited substance or method.

(AFP)