Local sport hit by doping cases

Diacore Gaborone Marathon silver medalist, Gladys Jepchirchir Cheruiyot has tested positive to a banned substance. Now that she has been disqualified, Abigael Jerop moves to position two while Gladys Kerubo Otero is now number three.

According to a letter that Cheruiyot was served with, a urine sample was collected from her during in-competition. “Your A and B samples were transported to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) accredited laboratory in Bloemfontein, South Africa. The lab analysed both samples and found banned substances. You do not have an applicable therapeutic use exemption to justify the presence of the Prednisone in your system. There is no apparent departure from the international standard for testing and investigations or from international standards for laboratories that caused AAF,” reads a letter written by the National Anti-Doping Coordinator, Fredrick Seno.