Kwemoi, Jeruto suspended by AIU

Former world Under-20 champion Rodgers Kwemoi has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU).

Additionally, 2022 Nairobi City Marathon champion Agnes Barsosio, sister to Stella Barsosio, has also been suspended and her case has been referred to Dispute Tribunal.

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The duo has been sanctioned for Use of a Prohibited Substance/Method (Article 2.2) - ABP case which points to a violation of the anti-doping riles.

Kwemoi has been low key this season but he was set to compete in his first half marathon race of the season at the Antrim Coast Half Marathon, a World Athletics elite event, on Sunday, 27 August.

Last season, he reigned supreme at the N Kolay Istanbul Half Marathon and finished second at the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon in the United Arab Emirates.

On the same breath, AIU has also sanctioned Surinam’s Issam Asinga who broke the world U20 100m record by clocking 9.89 (0.8m/s) on the first day of competition at the 53rd South American Championships in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Friday 28 July.

Asinga improved the world U20 record of 9.91 set by Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo at the World U20 Championships in Cali last year.

With his time, 18-year-old Asinga also broke the senior South American record, beating the 10.00 mark set by Brazil’s legendary Robson da Silva in 1988.