Athletics (road running) · Kenya · AIU
Kibiwott Kandie: doping case, ban and appeal
Serving ban The AIU announced on 25 June 2026 that he admitted both violations and accepted a seven year ban running to 13 March 2032.1,2
Ban length7 years (eight years reduced by one year for early admission)
Start14 March 2025
End13 March 2032
Violation
Refusing or failing to submit to sample collection (ADR 2.3), at an out of competition test at his home in Kenya on 1 March 2025, and tampering with doping control (ADR 2.5)1,2
Results disqualified
Not stated in the AIU release
Sources
- Athletics Integrity Unit, Former world record holder Kandie banned for seven years for refusing anti-doping test and tampering (25 June 2026)
- Al Jazeera, Kenya's Kandie gets seven-year ban for doping violations (25 June 2026)