World Athletics said Kipsang, a bronze medallist at the 2012 Olympics, had four whereabouts failures between April 2018 and May 2019. Kipsang, 38, said he missed a test on May 17, 2019 due to a traffic accident involving an overturned lorry and also provided a photo of the crash. Athletics Kenya President Jackson Tuwei said it was very sad news. They are giving a bad example.”Tampering or attempted tampering with any part of doping control results in a mandatory four-year ban. The AIU said the ADRVs committed by Kipsang were treated as one single ADRV and the more severe sanction was imposed.

Source: The Star July 03, 2020 14:15 UTC