Olympic and world champion Asbel Kiprop has tested positive

- need to know
- - Olympic and world champion Asbel Kiprop has tested positive 5/1/2018 7:34PM
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  - Editor's note:This thread started on Tuesday as a question as it was entitled, "Kenyan World Champion doping bust?" but now has turned into a fact as Matt Lawton of the Daily Mail has the story which we have added at the bottom of this post. Also not that we've merged the multiple threads on this matter into one.
    
    Michelle Katami a top athletics journalist on the African scene has this in her twitter feed
    
    https://twitter.com/michkatami/status/990885397705224192
    
    Has anyone heard something?
    
    LRC note: Matt Lawton story is here:
    
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/spo...z5EMuiJ9jT
    
    [i]LRC update: Previous speculation here: https://twitter.com/MikeOkinyi/status/991053642563285000
    
    https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/sports/article/2001278867/athletics-officials-holding-breath-as-the-world-champion-face-possible-sanction
    
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- need to know
- - RE: Big African doping bust? 5/1/2018 7:36PM - in reply to need to know
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  - Her post implies a top Kenyan star obviously.

- round and round
- - RE: Big African doping bust? 5/1/2018 7:40PM - in reply to need to know
  - round and round
  - as long as it's not Rudisha, i don't care

- Ben L Wrong
- - RE: Big African doping bust? 5/1/2018 7:41PM - in reply to need to know
  - Ben L Wrong
  - It could be Eliud Kipchoge, juiced in his sub 2 attempt? Protected/boosted by nike/IAAF?

- The big man
- - RE: Big African doping bust? 5/1/2018 7:43PM - in reply to Ben L Wrong
  - The big man
  - Kiprop

- Blitzkrieg BLITZKRIEG
- - RE: Big African doping bust? 5/1/2018 7:47PM - in reply to need to know
  - Blitzkrieg BLITZKRIEG
  - What???? Kenya's best runners are doping??? I'm so shocked.

- Another one down
- - RE: Big African doping bust? 5/1/2018 7:53PM - in reply to Blitzkrieg BLITZKRIEG
  - Another one down
  - Well, this isn't good. At least Makhloufi is back. Hopefully, we'll see Aden in Doha.

- Kenya a
- - RE: Big African doping bust? 5/1/2018 8:13PM - in reply to round and round
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  - round and round wrote:
    
    as long as it's not Rudisha, i don't care
    
    It’s not Rudisha. it’s not Kipchoge.

- Is him
- - RE: Big African doping bust? 5/1/2018 8:14PM - in reply to need to know
  - Is him
  - Kenya's biggest star right now is Kipchoge.
    
    Rupp to silver!

- Gravy
- - RE: Big African doping bust? 5/1/2018 8:23PM - in reply to need to know
  - Gravy
  - Meh. Nothing to see here. Probably a b-lister at best.

- Apophis99
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- - RE: Big African doping bust? 5/1/2018 8:42PM - in reply to round and round
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  - round and round wrote:
    
    as long as it's not Kipchoge, i don't care
    
    FTFY
    
    (But let’s be real.)

- El Keniano
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- - RE: Big African doping bust? 5/1/2018 10:37PM - in reply to need to know
  - El Keniano
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  - Aargh! This too upsetting. It’s tough having to defend clean athletes when cheaters keep ruining it for everyone. It’s going to come down to the athletes themselves to ostracise those tarnishing their brand.
    
    Tweet from another Kenyan sports journalist makes it seem that the announcement is imminent and the cheater could be from a notorious stable.
    
    https://twitter.com/mikeokinyi/status/991053642563285000?s=21

- El Keniano
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- - RE: Big African doping bust? 5/1/2018 10:49PM - in reply to need to know
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  - This article says it’s a world champion
    https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/sports/article/2001278867/athletics-officials-holding-breath-as-the-world-champion-face-possible-sanction

- Dhigoedfhejdh
- - RE: Big African doping bust? 5/1/2018 10:53PM - in reply to El Keniano
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  - Kiprop? That would be upsetting.

- Dhigoedfhejdh
- - RE: Big African doping bust? 5/1/2018 10:54PM - in reply to Dhigoedfhejdh
  - Dhigoedfhejdh
  - Does Renato still post here?

- Coach Cookie
- - RE: Big African doping bust? 5/1/2018 10:58PM - in reply to Dhigoedfhejdh
  - Coach Cookie
  - Kiprop.

- Only a few possibilities
- - RE: Big African doping bust? 5/1/2018 10:58PM - in reply to Dhigoedfhejdh
  - Only a few possibilities
  - The article above says that the runner dominated world championships over the years

- Goodbye Italian agents
- - RE: Big African doping bust? 5/1/2018 11:01PM - in reply to Coach Cookie
  - Goodbye Italian agents
  - Sounds like kiprop. Always felt that injury in London 2012 was weird.

- Dhigoedfhejdh
- - RE: Big African doping bust? 5/1/2018 11:02PM - in reply to Only a few possibilities
  - Dhigoedfhejdh
  - Yah I feel like it really narrows it down to Kiprop unless they are exagerating.

- Coach Cookie
- - RE: Big African doping bust? 5/1/2018 11:02PM - in reply to Goodbye Italian agents
  - Coach Cookie
  - Rosa and Berardelli will be shocked! SHOCKED!!!