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Former NYC Marathon Champion Provisionally Suspended for Banned Substance
Korir, a top marathoner with multiple major wins, tested positive for CERA, a banned endurance-enhancing drug; over 140 Kenyan runners have faced sanctions since 2016, AIU said.
- On Jan 12, the Athletics Integrity Unit provisionally suspended Albert Korir after he allegedly tested positive for CERA, a banned synthetic EPO.
- Kenya's running programme has faced repeated doping scandals, with more than 140 sanctioned Kenyan runners and a January 5 report from The Sports Examiner noting it leads in AIU suspensions.
- Korir's résumé includes a 2021 New York City Marathon win in 2:08:22, a 2:06:57 personal best from 2023, and two Ottawa Marathon titles plus a 2019 Houston Marathon victory.
- Under AIU rules, Korir may contest the provisional suspension per AIU policy 7.4.4., but it remains unclear whether an adverse finding would nullify his past results.
- Other recent bans show a pattern of multi-year and lifetime penalties in Kenyan distance running, including Ruth Chepngetich's three-year ban for hydrochlorothiazide and lifetime and multi-year bans for Beatrice Toroitich and Rhonex Kipruto.
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Athletic Integrity Unit announced this afternoon that Kenyan Albert Korir was suspended by presenting a doping substance that stimulates bone marrow to produce red blood cells
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Kenyan running has its next prominent doping case: the former winner of the New York Marathon is provisionally suspended.
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