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Emmaculate Anyango, who has been one of Kenya’s emerging athletes, has suffered a major blow after receiving a six-year ban over multiple doping violations.
Kenya’s long-distance sensation Emmaculate Anyango has been handed a six-year doping ban by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) over multiple anti-doping violations.
The AIU announced Anyango’s doping ban on Friday, having provisionally suspended her in October, for the presence and use of a prohibited substance (Testosterone and EPO).
However as per AIU’s latest statement, the athlete was found to have cheated on four occasions between February and June 2024, her first, second and third urine samples revealing the presence of banned substance Metabolites while her fourth urine and blood sample revealed the presence of EPO.
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13:45 - 14.11.2024
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The athlete failed to prove that she used the substances deliberately, having defended herself by claiming that she did not know how they ended up in her body. In her defence, Anyanyo claimed that she visited several hospitals in Eldoret after falling ill and that she fainted on multiple occasions and did not know what was injected into her system.
She also presented documents that failed to prove that she knowingly doped, which left her facing the mandatory four-year doping ban, and an extra two for Aggravating Circumstances as a result of her use of multiple banned substances.
The athlete was given an opportunity to accept responsibility, which would have seen her ban reduced by one year, but she failed to do this during the stipulated period, leaving the AIU with no choice but to slap her with the lengthy ban.
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10:42 - 04.10.2024
Emmaculate Anyango faces four-year ban following provisional suspension over doping
Kenya’s long-distance runner Emmaculate Anyango faces the prospect of a four-year ban after being handed a provisional suspension for doping as the net nabs another big fish.
It is a major blow to the career of the 24-year-old, who will be 30 and beyond her prime by the time her ban ends in September 2030, having started making waves in 2024.
The Sirikwa Classic Cross-country champion was awarded the Sports Personality of the Month award for February by the Sports Journalists Association of Kenya (SJAK) after coming close to breaking the world 10km world record in January.
She recorded the second fastest 10km time in history when she clocked 28:57 in Valencia, Spain, improving Ethiopian Yalemzerf Yehualaw’s world record (29.14) but unfortunately for her, compatriot Agnes Ngetich won the race in a better time of 28.46.
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12:35 - 07.11.2024
‘I can never understand why’ – Usain Bolt slams track & field stars opting for ‘shortcuts’ through doping
Jamaican sprint great Usain Bolt has hit out at athletes who are tarnishing the image of track and field by using performance-enhancing substances.
Her career now appears to be over following the lengthy ban with her results from February 3, 2024 also scrapped.
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