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The 32-year-old is the latest Kenyan athlete to join the growing list of shame after being found to have used a banned substance.
Samuel Lomoi, the 2021 Munster Marathon champion, has been handed a four-year ban following a doping violation.
The Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya (ADAK) announced Lomoi’s punishment on Thursday evening, saying the athlete’s ban will be backdated to September 2021, having been found to have used banned substance Triamcinolone acetonide.
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“The Sports Dispute Tribunal has sanctioned Samuel Lomoi to four years - Period of Ineligibility, with effect from 12th September 2021. The athlete was charged with the offence of the Presence of Triamcinolone acetonide,” ADAK said via a Twitter post. “The Hearing Panel held that the violation by the athlete was intentional.”
Lomoi had been provisionally suspended early this year when he was among 20 sportsmen and women sanctioned for doping rules violation before his appeal was heard at the Sports Tribunal.
This was after the change of the 2021 Anti-doping Code that now allows ADAK to release the names of those who violate anti-doping rules immediately.
Lomoi was among a host of big-name athletes such as former Africa and African Games 10,000m champion Alice Aprot, two-time Africa high jump champion Matthew Sawe, the 2021 World mixed shuttle hurdles relay silver medallist Priscilla Tabunda as well as 800m athlete Michael Saruni.
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With more testing, Clotheir noted that there will be more cases.
The suspension saw Lomoi miss out on his Eldoret City Marathon cash prize after he was entitled to Ksh60,000 after finishing 14th in the lucrative race, with organisers waiting for his clearance before making the payment.
His suspension takes the number of Kenyan athletes sanctioned for doping violations over the last year to over 60 as authorities tighten the noose over the vice.
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