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FILE - In this file photo dated Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015, Kenya's Asbel Kiprop shows his gold medal after winning the men's 1500m final at the World Athletics Championships at the Bird's Nest stadium in Beijing, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015. Former Olympic and three-time world champion Asbel Kiprop of Kenya was banned for four years Saturday for testing positive for the blood-boosting drug EPO after his claim that urine samples might have been tampered with by disreputable doping control officers was rejected. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, FILE)

Former Olympic champion Kiprop banned for 4 years for doping

By GERALD IMRAY - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015, Kenya's Asbel Kiprop celebrates winning the gold medal in the men's 1500m final at the World Athletics Championships at the Bird's Nest stadium in Beijing. The agent for Kenya middle-distance running star Asbel Kiprop, Federico Rosa said Thursday May 3, 2018, he is shocked by a newspaper report that the former 1,500 metre Olympic champion failed a drug test. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, FILE)

Sample collector tipped off Kenyan star about doping test

By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015, Kenya's Asbel Kiprop celebrates winning the gold medal in the men's 1500m final at the World Athletics Championships at the Bird's Nest stadium in Beijing. The agent for Kenya middle-distance running star Asbel Kiprop, Federico Rosa said Thursday May 3, 2018, he is shocked by a newspaper report that the former 1,500 metre Olympic champion failed a drug test. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, FILE)

Kiprop confirms failed doping test, alleges extortion

By MUTWIRI MUTUOTA - Associated Press