Mark Kangogothe first Kenyan athlete to win a Golden Trail World Series event, Sierre-Zinal in August (ahead of Spaniard Andreu Blanes), was temporarily suspended for dopingreported the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) on Tuesday.
Kangaroo tested positive for norandrosterone and triamcinolone acetonide in a doping control whose date has not been determined.
The World Athletics Anti-Doping Rules impose a Provisional Suspension when an Adverse Analytical Finding (presence of a Prohibited Substance) occurs in a Sample deposited by an Athlete.
On August 14, Kangogo and his compatriot Estgher Chesang made history in Switzerland’s Sierre-Zinal becoming the first Africans to win a Golden Trail World Series race.
Andreu Blanes finished second and could benefit from a permanent annulment of the Kangogo result, while the “king” of the race, the Spaniard Kilian Jornet, who won it nine times, qualified in fifth place.
Source: La Verdad
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