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Three-time world 1,500m champion Asbel Kiprop will be back to action from Wednesday when his four-year doping ban ends.

Newly engaged track star Asbel Kiprop plotting return to competition May 8th 2021 at 18:00:00 GMT +0300 Olympic and World 1,500m champion Asbel Kiprop was always seen as a strong man, or so he seemed. That was until his world turned upside down after he was implicated in doping and banned from athletics. If anything, it confirmed the truth in the popular quote that “the worst part of being strong is that no one asks if you are okay.” Soon after he was banned after failing an out-of-competi...

Last updated 2 days ago | By Jonathan Komen Kenyas Asbel Kiprop celebrates as he wins the final of the mens 1500 metres athletics event at the 2015 IAAF World Championships at the "Birds Nest" National Stadium in Beijing on August 30, 2015. [AFP] For a man who has the world at his feet, Asbel Kiprop is not your ordinary celebrity. With an Olympic gold, three world championships titles, Africa title and the third-fastest time in 1,500m in history is no mean feat. He’s simply on the global pris...