Former World Record Holder in Marathon Wilson Kipsang Provisionally Suspended

One of the most consistent sub-2:05 runners and maybe the top marathoner of the early 2010s.

For me, the bigger context of this news is that in 2008 (if I remember right), Gebreselassie was the first one to go sub 2:05 and sub 2:04. By 2011, everyone from Kenya was able to do it. The Ethiopians quickly learned how to train to run very fast, too, especially in Dubai. But was there some secret ingredient X in addition or instead of the coincidental emergence of so many all-time marathon talents like Kipsang?

bumper bump bump bump wrote:

jkjkjkjkjk wrote:Kipsang was not caught doping.

Violating antidoping rules =doping

You are not very bright...

Jonny Ohno wrote:

Drug Religion wrote:



You still are paranoid. Please tell me how a drug can help you exceed your natural calorimetric limits? Do you even understand the question? I doubt it, maybe one in a million people undersand the question.

It raises the limit, Moran.

Really? Raises the limit of thermoregulation? How does that work genius? By magic?

Just how deeply entrenched is your Drug Religious belief? And how willing are you to enforce it on young athletes?

Wow it's amazing that Kipsang thought in early 2019 that he could beat Kipchoge in London...unless he thought he'd discovered a new "booster" !

The Stablemaster wrote:

Wilson ran with my guys on the Moiben Road in January and February 2019. I posted a video of one of the runs on here earlier in the year. It was clear to all of us that Wilson was dirty (I'll explain why later). I'll release the details of the interview soon: I've held back from publishing it because I was waiting for the bust (I knew it was coming). There's more to come on other Kenyan runners too. A certain German fella is here now (Kenya) with a big list of unreleased Kenyan dopers. Get ready for some real journalism...

Ouch, the ARD guy ? Sounds like a bloodbath is coming then...

LoneStarXC wrote:

And another one bites the dust!

Shut the hell up you blathering idiot

I am so pissed. I wanna go bang an angry hooker

I’m more sad than pissed. Kipsang was the man. I remember him destroying Desisa (I think it was 2016) the last 1/2 mile at NYC. He had perfect form and seemed like a good guy. I think anyone who has run sub 2:05 , including Kipchoge and Bekele must be suspect

Bekele would be suspect since he came out of multiple DNF and ran 2 seconds slower than the world record. Kipchoge you could see steadily improving, so he is off the suspect list.

suspecting suspect wrote:

Bekele would be suspect since he came out of multiple DNF and ran 2 seconds slower than the world record. Kipchoge you could see steadily improving, so he is off the suspect list.

Bekele is the greatest.

He has dominated XC, track and is great as well on the road.

Kipchoge however was less successful than him and suddenly become an unbeatable force at advanced age at Marathon?

He is not as suspicious as Farah though.

No no no. Kipsang asked his manager for some ELO, as he is a fan of the progressive rock band. Miscommunication is at fault here.

What kind of tampering is Kipsang accused of? Not saying it's not true, just seems it would be difficult given testing procedures as I understand them.

Are we talking Katrin Krabbe type tampering?

70s fan wrote:

No no no. Kipsang asked his manager for some ELO, as he is a fan of the progressive rock band. Miscommunication is at fault here.

Kipsang wanted A New World Record.

Is Kipsang the first men's marathon world record holder to be busted?

Missed tests from 2014? The horse has bolted. I understand that drug testing can be very difficult, but I can't help but think this quest to make our sport clean is doomed.

What kind of tampering? wrote:

What kind of tampering is Kipsang accused of? Not saying it's not true, just seems it would be difficult given testing procedures as I understand them.Are we talking Katrin Krabbe type tampering?

They haven't said. It could be anything from handing in a bogus sample to trying to bribe an official to alter the record. As the first charge is for whereabouts failures it may well mean he tried to get an official to drop one of the missed tests in exchange for a bribe. But we don't know yet.

Try to keep up, Volare Sports have clarified the "tampering" : "The accusation regarding alleged/attempted tampering (article 2.5) concerns an explanation that was given in the results management process regarding a possible Whereabouts Failure and does not concern tampering with a doping test itself."

Drug Religion wrote:

Jonny Ohno wrote:
It raises the limit, Moran.

Really? Raises the limit of thermoregulation? How does that work genius? By magic?Just how deeply entrenched is your Drug Religious belief? And how willing are you to enforce it on young athletes?

What makes you think that body temperature ceiling or energy availability and usage limits has anything to do with current marathon performance? Maybe if humans were running 1:57 that might come into play. Maybe.

At the performance levels we are talking about, greater oxygen availability and uptake will improve performance, even elite athletes like Bekele have shown that they can struggle with acidosis effects in the marathon.
Anabolic androgenic steroids have been shown to improve submaximal running endurance also, and athletes like Matthew Kisorio were caught using just that.

Distance Fan26.2 wrote:

The LRC article says they heard from a pro runner suspicions in 2017. Can LRC tell us who? Are there others? If verified, this sport's gone TDF for me. Watch, but suspend belief.

. Look at half marathon and marathon progression over the last 5 years. You have 2 options-

Option 1) Accept it and move on.

Option 2) Practice praising the emperor’s new clothes.

Right - they also confirmed that he is provisionally banned because of article 2.4:

So, we are not talking about one missed test/filing failure, but three.

And 2.5 reads:

In this context, it is most likely "providing fraudulent information to an Anti-Doping Organization " because that's the only part that fits "an explanation that was given". That is not exactly a minor infraction.

Last but not least, the evidence was so convincing that he was provisionally banned, i.e. it is not only an accusation.

There are more big names going down very soon. The High Altitude Training Centre are in the middle of this.