{"id":17545,"date":"2026-03-03T06:37:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T06:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/auba.africa\/?p=17545"},"modified":"2026-03-03T06:38:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T06:38:23","slug":"kenya-suspends-27-athletes-for-doping-violations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/auba.africa\/index.php\/2026\/03\/03\/kenya-suspends-27-athletes-for-doping-violations\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya suspends 27 athletes for doping violations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"cmsmasters_row_\" class=\"cmsmasters_row cmsmasters_color_scheme_default cmsmasters_row_top_default cmsmasters_row_bot_default cmsmasters_row_boxed\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_margin\">\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_column_\" class=\"cmsmasters_column one_first\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column_inner\"><div class=\"cmsmasters_text\">\n<p><strong>By AFP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Disgraced Kenyan marathon runner Rita Jeptoo, national 400m hurdles champion Wiseman Were, and 25 other athletes have been provisionally suspended for doping violations, the country&#8217;s anti?doping agency announced on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:post-content --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph -->Jeptoo, 45, a former Boston and Chicago Marathon winner, was banned for four years in 2014 after testing positive for a banned substance, and only returned to racing three years ago.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph -->She has now been suspended again following a test that found the presence of prohibited anabolic androgenic steroids, the national anti-doping body (ADAK) said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph -->She will remain suspended until her hearing, but ADAK did not say when that would take place.<br \/>ADAK said Were, 28, a Commonwealth 4x400m relay bronze medallist, had been suspended for missing three tests since August 2025.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph -->His ban runs from February 14 and he will be unable to compete until his case is heard. It is not clear when that may be.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph -->The list also includes football and basketball players who have been provisionally suspended for varying doping offences.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph -->More than 140 Kenyan athletes, mainly long-distance runners, have been suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) since 2017 &#8212; more than any other nation.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph -->Among them are figures including the current women&#8217;s marathon world record holder Ruth Chepngetich &#8212; provisionally suspended in July by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) after testing positive for a diuretic &#8212; and Benard Kibet Koech, fifth in the 10,000m at the Paris Olympics, who was suspended in June by the AIU.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><br \/>The current suspensions come after ADAK was removed from the World Anti-Doping Agency non-compliance watch list after meeting the required standards.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/auba.africa\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/auba.africa\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/auba.africa\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auba.africa\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auba.africa\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17545"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/auba.africa\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17547,"href":"https:\/\/auba.africa\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17545\/revisions\/17547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/auba.africa\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auba.africa\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auba.africa\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}