Kenyan Distance Runner Gets 8 Years Ban

Long distance runner Salome Biwott is the latest Kenyan to be banned from any competition for violating anti-doping rules.

The IAAF Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) handed the 36-year-old runner, who was also banned for two years in 2012 for another doping offence, the maximum eight-year ban from taking part in any competitive race.

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