Seven Kenya athletes banned for doping

28 Nov, 2015

NAIROBI: Seven Kenyan athletes, including two women sprinters sent home from the World championships in Beijing, have been handed bans ranging from two to four years for doping.

Sprinters Francisca Koki and Joyce Zakari were each given a four-year ban after being found guilty of using a prohibited substance, Furosemide.

Two-time world cross country Emily Chebet will also serve a four-year ban for the same offence.

Marathon runner Agnes Cheserek tested positive for Norandrosterone and will serve four years while three other distance runners, Bernard Mwendia, Judy Kimuge and Lilian Moraa Mariita, each received two-year bans.

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2015

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