Elijah Manangoi, the 2017 World 1500m champion, was banned for two years, through the Tokyo Olympics, for missing drug tests.
Manangoi, 27, was provisionally suspended in July after missing three tests from July 2019 to December 2019. The suspension, backdated to the last missed test on Dec. 22, is appealable. A full report from the Athletics Integrity Unit is here.
Three missed tests in a 12-month span can lead to a suspension of one to two years, even if an athlete has never tested positive.
Manangoi was unable to defend his world title in 2019 due to injury.