Athletics Integrity Unit

Kenya’s Brimin Kipkorir provisionally suspended for doping

Kenyan marathon runner Brimin Kipkorir has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) after testing positive for prohibited substances, Afrosport reports. Kipkorir emerged victorious at the Sydney Marathon in 2024, clocking a course record time of 2:06:18. He also won the Frankfurt Marathon in 2022 and 2023. "The AIU has provisionally suspended Brimin Misoi Kipkorir (Kenya) for the Presence/Use of Prohibited Substances (EPO, Furosemide)," the...

Kenya’s Emmaculate Anyango provisionally suspended by AIU for failing doping test

by Victor Isikhueme

7 October 2024

Kenya’s Emmaculate Anyango Achol has been provisionally suspended after a failed doping test, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced. The 24-year-old cross country runner failed a doping test for the banned drug testosterone and blood-boosting hormone EPO. Anyango, the world’s second-fastest woman over 10 kilometres, faces a ban of up to four years if found guilty with the provisional ban expected to continue until the settlement...

2023 World Athletics Championships: ‘Grateful’ Amusan targets title defence in Budapest

by Afrosport

18 August 2023

Nigeria's sprint star Tobi Amusan has expressed her gratitude after she was cleared to participate at the 2023 World Athletics Championship in Budapest on Thursday. Amusan was placed on provisional suspension in July after the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) charged her for anti-doping violations, but an independent tribunal found her innocent. Thursday's ruling clears the 26-year-old World Record holder to defend her world title in the...

Nigeria’s Amusan breaks Diamond League record

World record holder Amusan charged for anti-doping violation

by Afrosport

19 July 2023

Nigeria sprint star and world record holder in women's 100m hurdles, Tobi Amusan announced that she has been charged by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for anti-doping violation on Tuesday. Amusan said she has been charged with alleged rule violation for missing three medical tests in the last 12 months. The case has been put forward to an independent Disciplinary Tribunal under the World Athletics, who...

Nigeria star Oduduru suspended for alleged doping

by Ibikunle Salako

10 February 2023

The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has provisionally suspended Nigerian sprinter Divine Oduduru over doping allegations, with the athlete facing a possible six-year ban if found guilty of possessing and using a banned substance. The three-time African Championships medallist's sanction comes after he was identified as an associate of the embattled kinesiologist and naturopathic doctor Eric Lira, who is currently facing criminal charges in the United States...

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Kenya’s Brimin Kipkorir provisionally suspended for doping

Kenya’s Emmaculate Anyango provisionally suspended by AIU for failing doping test

2023 World Athletics Championships: ‘Grateful’ Amusan targets title defence in Budapest

World record holder Amusan charged for anti-doping violation

Nigeria star Oduduru suspended for alleged doping

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