The Athletics Integrity Unit banned middle-distance runner Janat Chemusto for four years after the 25-year-old tested positive for a prohibited substance.
The AIU said in a statement on Wednesday that Chemusto had returned an adverse analytical finding for the prohibited substance “19-Norandrosterone (a Metabolite of Nandrolone (19-nortestosterone) or Nandrolone precursors)”.
The sample was collected at Nairobi’s Kip Keino Classic in May, where Chemusto clocked a personal best of 4:01.79 to win the women’s 1,500 metres.
The ban will be backdated to July 13, 2023, and Chemusto’s competition results from May 13 onwards will be disqualified.
The AIU also announced an 18-month ban for Egyptian long-distance runner Ahmed Saber Mohamed Bakry. Ethiopia’s Zerfe Wondemagegn and refugee athlete Fouad Idbafdil were provisionally suspended for the “presence/use of a prohibited substance”.
Morocco-born Idbafdil was part of a six-member Athlete Refugee Team that competed at this year’s World Athletics Championships in Budapest.
