The Kenyan athlete Michael Saruni (28) was banned for four years because he wanted to send a doppelganger to a doping test.
The 800 m runner put himself through the test at the national trials for the 2022 World Cup “trickery” want to withdraw and be regular “Run away”as announced by the Kenya Anti-Doping Agency (ADAK).
Ban until August 2027
Saruni, who reached the semifinals at the Tokyo Olympics, then “asked a doppelganger to impersonate him and give a sample on his behalf”, as it went on to say. Saruni claimed during a hearing that he was never asked for a sample. His ban runs until the end of August 2027.
Despite all efforts, Kenya cannot get its doping problem under control. In the past five years alone, almost 100 track and field athletes, especially long-distance runners, have been banned. On Tuesday, ADAK announced bans against 44 Kenyan athletes.