Veteran Kenyan Athlete Banned For 2 Years After Using Skin Medications
The World Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has suspended veteran Kenyan runner Beatrice Jelangat Cherop after she admitted to using banned substances.
On Tuesday, December 3, the AIU issued an official statement revealing that Cherop tested positive for Triamcinolone Acetonide.
Triamcinolone acetonide, which is commonly used to treat a range of skin disorders, is included as an S9 glucocorticoid on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s Prohibited List for 2014.
“It is a Specified Substance prohibited In-Competition when administered by any injectable, oral3 or rectal route,” AIU’s statement read.
The AIU has banned Beatrice Jelagat Cherop (Kenya) for 2 years from 27 November 2024 for Presence/Use of a Prohibited Substance (Triamcinolone acetonide). DQ results from 6 October 2024
— Athletics Integrity Unit (@aiu_athletics) December 3, 2024
Details here: https://t.co/d1Bo2Zjnsu pic.twitter.com/jiwEkiNP9G
Cherop underwent a normal drug test on October 6 ahead of the Standard Chartered Marathon in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
A month later, on November 3, 2024, Triamcinolone acetonide was detected in her urine sample at a World Anti-Doping Agency (“WADA”) laboratory in Doha, Qatar.
Cherop was essentially banned for two years as a result of the positive result, which occurred on November 27, the same day the AIU received Cherop’s signed Admission of Anti-Doping Rule Violations and Acceptance of Consequences Form.
Notably, this is Cherop’s first infraction of anti-doping laws. Cherop received a two-year ban, which is a very mild sentence after the AIU determined that she did not intentionally break anti-doping laws.
One year before her ban, Cherop excelled at the Standard Chartered Marathon 2023, smashing the course record for the Full Marathon Women’s Open category.
Cherop broke Rose Kerubo Nyangacha’s 2011 record of 2:34:37 by more than 1.5 minutes, clocking in at 2:32:51.
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In recent months, Kenya has dealt with the concerning trend of athletes testing positive for illegal substances, jeopardizing their promising careers.
The World Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) issued a three-year penalty to Faith Chepkoech, a 21-year-old emerging star in Kenyan athletics, in September 2024 after she admitted to taking banned substances.
During an interview with AIU officials on September 13, 2024, Chepkoech admitted that she had been injected with an unknown chemical by someone she couldn’t identify days before her test.
A month later, Emmacutale Anyango was suspended indefinitely after testing positive for excessive amounts of testosterone.
Veteran Kenyan Athlete Banned For 2 Years After Using Skin Medications
