Well that didn't take long: Asbel Kiprop gives up fight to prove innocence - Says he doesn't have resources to fight IAAF

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  • ukathleticscoach
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    3 years ago 06/13/2018 6:48pm CDT
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    Note from LetsRun.com. The initial post was just a link the BBC article below but we wanted to add some context

    Kiprop made the announcement on facebook today as he doesn't have the resources needed to fight the IAAF.

    "I'm financially weak to challenge my accuser the IAAF whom I have always worked hard for to bring the best in me for the sport and myself. However I'm rich in TRUTH and sincerity, this seem to mean nothing....

    I have let the struggle to proof my innocence go. Not because I doped but I take the sacrifice because I support the anti doping campaign. Thank me later. "

    Here is his whole statement:

    Kiprop wrote:

    Greetings Ladies & gentlemen, I'm writing to appreciate everyone for their concerns in my case. Those who are accusing me and my legal team. 2. It's my personal handwriting and I'm speaking my mind on the matter. 3. I would like to let everyone in this case acknowledge the fact that I did not injected myself with EPO knowingly or unknowingly. 4. Despite the fact that I'm willing to go to any possible heights in proofing my innocence, it's evident that 'regardless'. I will not be able to win back my CREDIBILITY not even if my accusers will be able beyond doubt to acknowledge my innocence. 5. In order not to wrestle with my accusers for what looks like a common goal yet not. I'm not convinced but no option to let them have their say. 6. I do not have money to meet legal fees and find qualified physicians who meets standards to give their opinion on my sample and discredit any possible unjust reason to why the sample resulted to analytical rEPO finding. I'm financially weak to challenge my accuser the IAAF whom I have always worked hard for to bring the best in me for the sport and myself. However I'm rich in TRUTH and sincerity, this seem to mean nothing. 7. I'm left not to admit doping but to fall a victim of my accusers none admitted liability. 8. To pay a price of an iniquity I did not commit only because I believe in fairness and play true. 9. I did not dope. 10. I have let the struggle to proof my innocence go. Not because I doped but I take the sacrifice because I support the anti doping campaign. Thank me later.
    Furthermore and for the reason that I have medals in my home that now seem to mean nothing; I'm convinced to challenge time and proof human ability beyond negativity.
    I will remain loyal to authorities as my religion commands and I will INSPIRE.


    https://www.facebook.com/asbel.kiprop

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/44477106
  • Sand Dunes
    3 years ago 06/13/2018 6:55pm CDT
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    David Torrance was right.
  • Conspiracy theorist
    3 years ago 06/13/2018 7:00pm CDT
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    Sand Dunes wrote:

    David Torrance was right.


    You should be banned for life.
  • Sand Dunes
    3 years ago 06/13/2018 7:04pm CDT
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    Conspiracy theorist wrote:

    Sand Dunes wrote:

    David Torrence was right.


    You should be banned for life.


    Sorry for the misspelling of his name. No disrespect. May he rest in peace. Again my deepest apologies for the misspelling of his name.
  • Barrel of Laughs
    3 years ago 06/13/2018 7:20pm CDT
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    The article says he doesn't have any dough to fight the charges. Yeah...right, one of wealthiest Kenyan runners in recent memory and no money? ?

    He's giving up the fight because he knows he's a doper!...a fraud!...a phoney!

    This is probably a ~3:30 guy at best where doping put him in the superhuman 3:26 category.

    Now, if he would only tells us about the program he was on, rat out the Kenyan doping coaches/doctors/agents and apologize to all the Kenyan youngsters that idolize him!
  • vivalarepublica
    3 years ago 06/13/2018 7:33pm CDT
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    Well, that was quick.

    It's entirely possible that he doesn't have any money, plenty of Kenyan track stars blow their earnings and end up as poor as when they started. Maybe making the cash money and then blowing it was what kept Kiprop coming back every year.
  • no YOURE hilarious
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    3 years ago 06/13/2018 7:37pm CDT
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    Barrel of Laughs wrote:

    This is probably a ~3:30 guy at best where doping put him in the superhuman 3:26 category.



    You talking about Bernard Lagat?
  • Money woes
    3 years ago 06/13/2018 7:37pm CDT
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    Legal defense is $50K a month commitment
  • DC Runnerman
    3 years ago 06/13/2018 7:41pm CDT
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    no YOURE hilarious wrote:

    Barrel of Laughs wrote:

    This is probably a ~3:30 guy at best where doping put him in the superhuman 3:26 category.



    You talking about Bernard Lagat?


    That applies to both of them.
  • Speak Up
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    3 years ago 06/13/2018 7:57pm CDT
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    I assume Anti-Doping Kenya has met their yearly quota.
    Also, he was at the end of his career so what better athlete to bust.
  • Tell It Like It Is
    3 years ago 06/13/2018 7:58pm CDT
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    no YOURE hilarious wrote:

    Barrel of Laughs wrote:

    This is probably a ~3:30 guy at best where doping put him in the superhuman 3:26 category.



    You talking about Bernard Lagat?
    There are only 3 guys who ever ran sub-3:27 in the history of the sport; EL G, Lagat & Kiprop. We have a confirmed case with Kiprop, Lagat had an "A" sample rocket fuel positive but unconfirmed "B" sample, so "officially" he's not a positive and EL G comes from one of biggest doping cultures in the history of the athletics. All smells like doping supermen to me. ?
  • Lydiard Cerutty
    3 years ago 06/13/2018 8:00pm CDT
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    Speak Up wrote:

    I assume Anti-Doping Kenya has met their yearly quota.
    Also, he was at the end of his career so what better athlete to bust.


    He's only officially 28, which is about 35-40 years old in Kenyan years. So, he can still come back and run some marathons. Five year ban is just five years to build that base for the marathon.
  • Big Name Runners With No Dough?
    3 years ago 06/13/2018 8:04pm CDT
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    Money woes wrote:

    Legal defense is $50K a month commitment
    And Kiprop doper can come up with that? What about all the sympathizers in Kenya that could start a Asbel Kiprop "defense fund" like they did here for Floyd Landis doper? And you've got plenty of sympathizers right here LRC - posters like rekrunner & EL K could start one. ?
  • casual obsever
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    3 years ago 06/13/2018 8:07pm CDT
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    Tee hee. Yes. Ghost1 and rekrunner go home devestated.
  • Subway Surfers Addiction
    3 years ago 06/13/2018 8:24pm CDT
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    Barrel of Laughs wrote:

    The article says he doesn't have any dough to fight the charges. Yeah...right, one of wealthiest Kenyan runners in recent memory and no money? ?

    He's giving up the fight because he knows he's a doper!...a fraud!...a phoney!

    This is probably a ~3:30 guy at best where doping put him in the superhuman 3:26 category.

    Now, if he would only tells us about the program he was on, rat out the Kenyan doping coaches/doctors/agents and apologize to all the Kenyan youngsters that idolize him!


    I had to laugh at that one, no miler has won as much money as Kiprop has over the last decade. More like no expert wants to be associated with him.
  • Subway Surfers Addiction
    3 years ago 06/13/2018 8:35pm CDT
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    casual obsever wrote:

    Tee hee. Yes. Ghost1 and rekrunner go home devestated.


    Yes, Rekrunner will push the "he only doped once, when he was past it" line, whereas Ghost1 will accept Kiprop’s line, that 'he is too poor to defend himself and is really a good person' gag, hook-line-and-sinker. BTW remember the thread on here about two days after news of Kiprop’s fail first broke, where posters actually believed his dopey doping excuses and his promise to clear his name?
  • casual obsever
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    3 years ago 06/13/2018 8:35pm CDT
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    Me too, Subway.
  • casual obsever
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    3 years ago 06/13/2018 8:38pm CDT
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    Yeah I remember. But as an optimist, I continue to hope that reckie and ghost1 are just trolling around, and really hate all these drug cheats too.
  • LetsRun.com
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    3 years ago 06/13/2018 11:14pm CDT
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    Update: Our apologies. We made a rookie mistake and didn't realize a thread already existed on this topic so we merged two threads into 1.

    Kiprop made the announcement on facebook today as he doesn't have the resources needed to fight the IAAF.

    "I'm financially weak to challenge my accuser the IAAF whom I have always worked hard for to bring the best in me for the sport and myself. However I'm rich in TRUTH and sincerity, this seem to mean nothing....

    I have let the struggle to proof my innocence go. Not because I doped but I take the sacrifice because I support the anti doping campaign. Thank me later. "

    Here is his whole statement:

    Kiprop wrote:

    Greetings Ladies & gentlemen, I'm writing to appreciate everyone for their concerns in my case. Those who are accusing me and my legal team. 2. It's my personal handwriting and I'm speaking my mind on the matter. 3. I would like to let everyone in this case acknowledge the fact that I did not injected myself with EPO knowingly or unknowingly. 4. Despite the fact that I'm willing to go to any possible heights in proofing my innocence, it's evident that 'regardless'. I will not be able to win back my CREDIBILITY not even if my accusers will be able beyond doubt to acknowledge my innocence. 5. In order not to wrestle with my accusers for what looks like a common goal yet not. I'm not convinced but no option to let them have their say. 6. I do not have money to meet legal fees and find qualified physicians who meets standards to give their opinion on my sample and discredit any possible unjust reason to why the sample resulted to analytical rEPO finding. I'm financially weak to challenge my accuser the IAAF whom I have always worked hard for to bring the best in me for the sport and myself. However I'm rich in TRUTH and sincerity, this seem to mean nothing. 7. I'm left not to admit doping but to fall a victim of my accusers none admitted liability. 8. To pay a price of an iniquity I did not commit only because I believe in fairness and play true. 9. I did not dope. 10. I have let the struggle to proof my innocence go. Not because I doped but I take the sacrifice because I support the anti doping campaign. Thank me later.
    Furthermore and for the reason that I have medals in my home that now seem to mean nothing; I'm convinced to challenge time and proof human ability beyond negativity.
    I will remain loyal to authorities as my religion commands and I will INSPIRE.
  • So he's saying he doesn't have a case, thought so.
    3 years ago 06/13/2018 11:30pm CDT
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    So the case against him is water tight, thought so.

    "I'm financially weak" - Shouldn't have doled out all that tea money. Anyway, he'd have plenty of shekels that he's made from the sport, so just another BS statement.
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