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

David Torrance was right.

Sand Dunes wrote:

David Torrance was right.

You should be banned for life.

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.

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!

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.

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?

Legal defense is $50K a month commitment

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.

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.

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. ?

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.

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. ?

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

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.

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?

Me too, Subway.

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.

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:

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.