The 35-year-old Cherono, who won the Boston and Chicago marathons in 2019, provided an out-of-competition urine sample in May 2022
Kenyan marathon runner Lawrence Cherono has been handed a seven-year ban for breaching doping rules, the Athletics Integrity Unit announced Wednesday.
“The AIU has banned Lawrence Cherono for 7 years from 16 July, 2022 for presence/use of a prohibited substance , tampering or attempted tampering with any part of doping control,” the AIU said in a statement. The positive test earned the runner a four-year ban, plus an additional four years for “submitting misleading, forged/falsified information”, the AIU indicated.
Kenya and its long-distance runners have been the source of a large number of doping cases in recent years. In April 2023, the AIU denounced large-scale doping in the country.
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