The 26:57 10km runner admitted to the anti-doping violation after he examined constructive for the banned substance furosemide
Charles Kipkkurui Langat, winner of each the Barcelona and Lisbon Half Marathons, has acquired a two-year ban for violating anti-doping guidelines.
The 28-year-old was given the ban by the Athletics Integrity Unit after testing constructive for the prohibited substance furosemide, which is a diuretic generally used as a masking agent.
Langat’s constructive take a look at got here in an out-of-competition urine pattern in Iten, Kenya, on August 6, 2024.
The Kenyan, who boasts private bests of 26:57, 45:14 and 58:53 over 10km, 10 miles and the half-marathon respectively, admitted to unknowingly utilizing the banned substance, claiming a physician suggested him on it.
Langat acknowledged that he was affected by irritation since September 2023 and subsequently sought medical therapy within the Netherlands in April 2024.
The AIU has banned Charles Kipkkurui Langat (Kenya) for two years from 11 September 2024 for Presence/Use of a Prohibited Substance (Furosemide). DQ outcomes from 6 August 2024
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“His illness worsened throughout his keep at a coaching camp in Iten, Kenya so on July 31 he contacted a physician that he knew, who, based mostly on the his signs, suggested him to attempt utilizing furosemide for 4 days to assist scale back the irritation he was experiencing and to ‘assist the kidney and the adrenal glands’,” the AIU mentioned.
“Counting on this recommendation, on August 1, the athlete went to a chemist in Eldoret, Kenya the place he purchased furosemide. The athlete used furosemide as soon as a day for 4 days between August 1 and August 4.”
The AIU added that the Kenyan didn’t have a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) for furosemide however that his violations “weren’t intentional”.
“Langat offered supporting medical paperwork to corroborate the medical therapy offered however failed to offer any paperwork or extra data in relation to his buy of furosemide or the exact dosage that he consumed,” the AIU mentioned.
Langat’s ineligibility begins from September 11, when he was provisionally suspended, and his outcomes since August 6 might be disqualified.
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