Kenyan athlete banned for doping – could give Almgren the win

The Kenyan Kibiwott Kandie is being investigated for doping offenses and has been temporarily suspended, writes the website Athletics Weekly.

» Published: March 15 2025

Kenyan athlete banned for doping – could give Almgren the win
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The 28-year-old Kenyan is accused by the Athletics Integrity Unit of "avoiding, refusing or failing to submit to testing”.

Kibiwott Kandie set a record on the half-marathon in Valencia in 2020 and also won the half-marathon in Barcelona last year, two seconds ahead of Swede Andreas Almgren.

Almgren is now writing on Instagram, with a video from the finish line, asking "guess who can become the winner of Barcelona's half-marathon 2024?"

It's always sad when people make doping offenses, but it's good if it comes out. Then I don't really have any hope that it will affect my race, says Almgren to Aftonbladet.

When he finished second on Barcelona's half-marathon, it was on a new Swedish record time of 59.22.

Almgren is asked if he thinks he should be awarded the victory.

I don't know exactly what he has done. But it always feels a bit dirty when someone gets caught for something like that and comes ahead of you. It would probably have made a pretty big difference for me to win such a race, both economically and confidence-wise, says the Swede to the newspaper.

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