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Thirty-four-year-old Kenyan doper, Stephen Kipchirchir Kiplagat, has been suspended for four years by the Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya.
The Sports Disputes Tribunal agrees with the sentence.
The SDT has reinforced ADAK's four-year ban on athlete Stephen Kipchirchir Kiplagat.
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In his submissions to the SDT, the athlete had argued that he was given traditional medicine by his gogo (grandmother) to heal his erectyle dysfunction.
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Kiplagat tested positive for anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS)/pregnanediol, androsterone and etiocholanolone. He was initially provisionally suspended by ADAK in March 2023. Since then, he has not provided enough proof that he did not intentionally consume the performance-enhancing drugs. Kiplagat claimed that he was using medicine that his mother provided.
“The period of ineligibility shall be from the date of mandatory Provisional Suspension for a period of four (4) years starting 18th April 2023 to 17th April 2027. Disqualification of any and/or all of the Athlete’s competitive results from 18th December 2022.”
His personal best in the marathon is 2:11:45 which he ran in Linz, Austria in 2108. IN Rennes, France Kiplagat or Kipchirchir as he is also known ran 28:09 in a road 10K in 2012.
