Doping-AIU reprimands banned runner for attending World Athletics' online courses

FILE PHOTO: Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya chief executive officer Japhter Rugut, (C) flanked by Gunter Younger, Director of Intelligence and Investigations at the World Anti Doping Agency (R), and Brett Clothier, head of the Athletics Integrity Unit, (AIU) addresses a news conference in Nairobi, Kenya September 27, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo

(Reuters) - The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) reprimanded a Kenyan runner on Friday after he attended two online courses conducted by World Athletics when the conditions of his ban prevented him from participating in any activity by the athletics body.

Joel Maina Mwangi was banned for three years in June 2022 for an anti-doping rule violation and the 38-year-old was not authorised to attend any courses apart from anti-doping education or rehabilitation programs.