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Kipchumba was slapped with a two-year ban by AIU in 2012.
During his prime years, Ronald Kipchumba was a steeplechaser par excellence who ruled the track with his prowess in the discipline but all that was cut short with a piece of misleading advice from a friend who was a doctor.
Kipchumba won a gold medal in the 2000m SC at the 2000 World Youth Championships setting a world youth best time of 5:30.27. He extended the hot streak to the 2004 edition of the event to win the 3000m SC in 8:23.32.
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13:58 - 05.04.2023
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He revealed that a friend approached him and lured him into using erythropoietin (EPO), which would increase his red blood cell mass and allow his body to transport more oxygen to muscles and therefore increase stamina and performance.
“A friend told me to try it out and was very adamant that I will not be found. I was going for a race the next day but I was naive at the time, I didn’t know if I would be found. That was my first time doping and my life took a wrong turn. If I knew I would be found, I would have just gone and competed in a clean way.
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12:58 - 08.04.2023
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Some of my friends had warned me that if I was to cheat, then I should do it three months before a competition. I wish I listened to them. I had been tested many times and I was clean,” he said, as quoted by KTN News.
After testing positive for EPO, he was slapped by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) with a two-year ban from 2012 to 2014. Kipchumba tried coming back into competitive races but his life was already ruined.
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His last international competition was at the 2015 Maroilles 20 km race where he settled for eighth place in 1:03:59. His career was progressing well but was unfortunately cut short.
“Life is hard and I regret…I regret it a lot. That guy cut short my career but I had no choice. I knew the doctor as a personal friend and I tried exposing him but all was in vain…I had to give up,” he added.
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