Former World Record Holder Banned for 7 Years

More than 140 Kenyan athletes have faced AIU doping bans since 2017, with nearly 280 sanctions recorded across all sports globally...

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Former half marathon world record holder Kibiwott Kandie has been banned for seven years by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) after admitting to two anti-doping rule violations.

He received a seven-year ban running from March 14, 2025, to March 13, 2032.
The ban was a result of refusing to submit to a doping test and tampering with the doping control process.
Kandie, an elite long-distance runner, accepted the sanction early, reducing his ban by one year from an initial eight-year proposed suspension.

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