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Kipyegon Bett

Kipyegon Bett

Kenyan middle-distance runner

Kipyegon Bett (born 1 February 1998) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner specializing in the 800 metres. Bett won the 800 metres at the 2016 World U20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland.[1] He also came second in the 800 metres at the 2015 World Youth Championships in Cali, Colombia.[2] In the second meet of the 2017 IAAF Diamond League in Shanghai, Bett won the 800m event in 1:44.70.[3]

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He won the bronze medal in the 800 metres at the 2017 World Championships held in London.[4]

He tested positive for EPO in 2018[5][6] and received a four-year ban in November.[7]

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References

  1. [1]
    Mutuota, Mutwiri (24 July 2016). "Bett, Kirui strike gold as Kenya finishes 2nd in Poland". Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  2. [2]
    Landells, Steve (20 July 2015). "Cali 2015: Tarbei edges Bett in Kenyan 800m 1-2". Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  3. [3]
    "Bett stuns Rudisha to claim victory in Shanghai". Daily Nation. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
  4. [4]
    "800 Metres Men - Final" (PDF). 8 August 2017.
  5. [5]
    "Kipyegon Bett latest Kenyan athlete to test positive for EPO". eurosport.com. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  6. [6]
    "World 800m bronze medallist Kipyegon Bett fails drug test - Olympic Channel". www.olympicchannel.com. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  7. [7]
    "World 800m bronze medallist Bett given four-year ban in further blow to Kenyan athletics". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 24 November 2018.


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