Kenyan-Born Bahraini Runner Eunice Kirwa Handed 4-Year Ban for Doping
Kenyan-born Bahrain runner Eunice Jepkirui Kirwa has been handed a four-year ban for doping.
Eunice's suspension was announced on Monday by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) after she was found guilty of using a proscribed substance.
The decision was announced a month after the 2016 Rio Olympics silver medalist was provisionally suspended.
The athlete was suspended after traces of prohibited blood-booster EPO was detected in her blood sample.
Eunice, 35, finished second in the Rio Olympics behind Jemimah Sumgong of Kenya.
Sumsong was also slapped with an eight-year ban early this year for allegedly attempting to hinder a probe into her use of EPO by submitting fake documents.
Eunice is allowed to appeal the ban at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
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The adage when one sits for an examination: "You may copy but do not get caught' applies in sports too. Did not this Kenya-born Bahrain-banner-bearing athelete know the noose for doping will rope her in?