Kenyan runner Rhonex Kipruto, a two-time winner of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road Race and course record holder, has been banned for six years in a doping case.

Kipruto, 24, was stripped of his world record in the men’s 10-kilometer road race.

A disciplinary panel ruled that abnormalities in Kipruto’s blood samples pointed to “a deliberate and sophisticated doping regime” and Kipruto likely had help from unknown third parties. At the time, he was aiming to qualify for the last Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The irregularities were found in his Athlete Biological Passport…

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