Wow!! Wilson Kipsang has been banned for four years for a series of anti-doping violations – including using a fake photograph justify a missed test.
To think in January, Kipsang was provisionally suspended for Whereabouts Failures and Tampering or Attempted Tampering of samples by the Athletics Integrity Unit.
Kipsang won major marathons in New York City, London, Berlin and Tokyo between 2012 and 2017.
He lowered the world record to 2:03:23 at the 2013 Berlin Marathon, a mark that stood for one year until countryman Dennis Kimetto took it to 2:02:57 in Berlin. Another Kenyan, Eliud Kipchoge, lowered it to 2:01:39 at the 2018 Berlin Marathon.
Kipsang, the 2012 Olympic bronze medalist, last won a top-level marathon in Tokyo in 2017. He was third at the 2018 Berlin Marathon and 12th at his last marathon in London in April 2019, a result now disqualified.
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