Asbel kiprop biography of mahatma

Asbel Kipruto Kiprop born 30 June is a Kenyan middle-distance runner , who specialises in the metres. He was awarded the m gold medal at the Summer Olympics after the original winner, Rashid Ramzi , tested positive for doping. Kiprop failed his own doping test in November and received a four-year doping ban. He won his first major title at the All-Africa Games , taking the m gold medal, and also won the event at the African Championships in Athletics , improving upon a bronze medal performance from His personal best for the distance is He ran at the African Championships in Athletics and took the bronze medal in the m and came fourth in the m race.

Kiprop has stated he is not very happy about the way he won the gold medal.

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At the World Athletics Championships , in Berlin , Kiprop disappointed many when he finished fourth for the second time in the m. He won the gold in the m at the African Championships in Athletics , running a championship record time of Kiprop ran the final meters of the race well under and the final meters in 51 seconds plus. He had his best cross country race since he was a junior runner at the Edinburgh race in , defeating a field which contained Kipchoge and Kenenisa Bekele.

In , Kiprop set a meeting record for metres at the Monaco Diamond League event in a time of This puts him third on the all-time list over the distance. One month later, Kiprop won his third consecutive meter world championship title in Beijing. In , Kiprop failed to win another Olympic Title in Rio , finishing in a disappointing sixth place.