Kenyan marathoner Shieys Chepkosgei charged over forgery

Kenyan marathon runner Shieys Chepkosgei alias Hillary Kiprotich was on Monday 21 March 2022 charged before the Chief Magistrate’s Court in Eldoret for presenting a forged post-natal discharge summary and a notification of birth to the Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya (ADAK) purporting to be issued by Uasin Gishu County Hospital.

In a statement to newsrooms, ADAK says its intelligence unit carried out investigations and found out that the athlete’s documents were forged as the hospital failed to ascertain the papers.

Chepkosgei, who was serving a period of ineligibility after she was sanctioned by the Sports Dispute Tribunal for testing positive for a prohibited substance, presented the papers in her defense after it was realized that he/she had illegally taken part in a sporting event during the period of ineligibility which constitutes to an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) as stipulated by the World Anti-Doping Code.

 She claimed that he/she gave birth to a baby boy through a caesarean section and had not recovered and thus could not have travelled to participate in the sporting event.

It is afterwards that investigations were conducted only for the papers to be found as forged, consequently leading to the arrest and arraignment of the athlete in court where he/she was charged.

The athlete pleaded not guilty and was released on bail with the case set to be mentioned on 28th March 2022.