Asian Games silver medallist Albert Rop banned for two years on doping charges

Nairobi: Asian Games 5,000m silver medallist Albert Rop, who ditched his Kenyan passport to run for Bahrain, has been banned from competition for two years on doping-related charges.

The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Friday that Albert Rop had failed to provide his whereabouts on October 7, 2018 after he did not update his information and thus missed a planned test.

“The AIU asserted that the athlete had failed to accurately update his whereabouts information in relation to a competition that he had participated in the Singelloop Utrecht 10km race road in the Netherland,” read an AIU statement. IANS

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