AIU suspends Diana Kipyogei, Lempus for doping violations

The 2021 Boston Marathon winner Diana Chemtai Kipyokei and her Kenyan teammate Betty Wilson Lempus have been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) over anti-doping rule violations.

The two athletes are accused of tampering with evidence, "including obstructing or delaying the AIU's investigation through the provision of false information or documentation".

The pair tested positive in 2021 for triamcinolone, a substance still allowed in some forms that year before being subject to a total ban in January.

The two suspensions come just a day after another marathoner Mark Kangongo was banned after also testing positive for triamcinolone.

Kipyokei and Lempus are the 22nd and 23rd Kenyan athletes to be sanctioned in 2022.