Former world marathon record holder Wilson Kipsang has expressed his interest in returning to running after serving his four-year doping ban
Former world marathon record holder Wilson Kipsang has expressed interest in making a comeback to running after his doping ban elapsed.
Speaking to Nation Sport, Kipsang explained that he is currently sharpening his talons as he gears up for a grand return into competing.
He noted that he will be looking forward to competing at either the Tokyo Marathon on March 3, the Paris Marathon on April 7, or the Hamburg Marathon on April 24.
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He expressed his interest in returning to competitive running after three of his family members and himself survived a road accident on Monday.
After the survival, Kipsang narrated that he swerved the vehicle on one side of the road and was lucky to have escaped with minor injuries.
“I want to assure everyone who is worried about our wellbeing that we are fine and back in Iten. Let them worry no more,” said Kipsang.
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The 41-year-old was slapped with a four-year-ban for whereabouts failures, not being available for drug testing, and providing false evidence in his case.
Kipsang had been provisionally banned in January 2020 in the case handled by the Athletics Integrity Unit. The former Olympic bronze medallist was punished for four whereabouts failures between April 2018 and May 2019.
Three such failures within 12 months led to an automatic ban, however, the Kenyan had his sanction increased after it was ruled that he had tampered with the investigation by providing “false evidence and witness testimony”.