The 26:57 10km runner confessed to the anti-doping infraction after he checked favorable for the prohibited compound furosemide

Charles Kipkkurui Langat, winner of both the Barcelona and Lisbon Half Marathons, has actually gotten a two-year restriction for breaching anti-doping guidelines.

The 28-year-old was provided the restriction by the Athletics Integrity Unit after checking favorable for the forbidden compound furosemide, which is a diuretic typically utilized as a masking representative.

Langat’s favorable test was available in an out-of-competition urine sample in Iten, Kenya, on August 6, 2024.

The Kenyan, who boasts individual bests of 26:57, 45:14 and 58:53 over 10km, 10 miles and the half-marathon respectively, confessed to unconsciously utilizing the prohibited compound, declaring a medical professional encouraged him on it.

Langat mentioned that he was struggling with swelling because September 2023 and consequently looked for medical treatment in the Netherlands in April 2024.

The AIU has actually prohibited Charles Kipkkurui Langat (Kenya) for 2 years from 11 September 2024 for Presence/Use of a Prohibited Substance (Furosemide). DQ arises from 6 August 2024
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“His sickness worsened during his stay at a training camp in Iten, Kenya so on July 31 he contacted a doctor that he knew, who, based on the his symptoms, advised him to try using furosemide for four days to help reduce the inflammation he was experiencing and to ‘help the kidney and the adrenal glands’,” the AIU stated.

“Relying on this advice, on August 1, the athlete went to a chemist in Eldoret, Kenya where he bought furosemide. The athlete used furosemide once a day for four days between August 1 and August 4.”

The AIU included that the Kenyan did not have a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) for furosemide however that his offenses “were not intentional”.

“Langat provided supporting medical documents to corroborate the medical treatment provided but failed to provide any documents or additional information in relation to his purchase of furosemide or the precise dosage that he consumed,” the AIU stated.

Langat’s ineligibility starts from September 11, when he was provisionally suspended, and his outcomes because August 6 will be disqualified.

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