Rhonex Kipruto (born 12 October 1999)[1] is a Kenyan long-distance runner. Kipruto won the bronze medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships and was the world record holder for the 10 km road race, until he was stripped of both titles in June 2024 due to “a deliberate and sophisticated doping regime”.[2][3] Prior to his result being annulled, Kipruto placed third on the half marathon world all-time list.[4]
.jpg) Kipruto in 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 12 October 1999 Keiyo District, Kenya | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Kenya | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Long-distance running | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Brother Colm O'Connell | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Kipruto was the 2018 World Under-20 10,000 m champion.[5]
On 17 May 2023, Kipruto was provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit for the use of a prohibited substance/method from his athlete biological passport (ABP) data.[6][7] On 5 June 2024, the AIU announced that he had been banned for six years.[3]
Career
editRhonex Kipruto's parents are farmers. He grew up in Kombatich and his coach is Colm O'Connell.[8]
2017
editIn September, 17-year-old Kipruto finished third in the 10 kilometres road race at the Prague Grand Prix with a time of 27:13. It was the first time in history that three men finished inside 27:20 in the same 10 km race.[9]
2018
editOn 10 February, he placed second in the junior men's run at the Kenyan Cross Country Championships.[10] The following month on 17 March, he participated in the African Cross Country Championships U20 race in Algeria. He won the 8 km run with a time of 25:01.[11] Kipruto then won the UAE Healthy Kidney 10 km in New York City, U.S. on 29 April. While Leonard Komon's (former 10K world record holder) 2011 course record was 27:35 Kipruto finished in 27:08, the fastest 10K on a record-eligible course on US soil.[12]
He went to the World U20 Championships held in Tampere, Finland in July. On 10 July, he won the 10,000 metres title with a time of 27:21.08, a new championship record. Jacob Kiplimo of Uganda (the 2017 U20 cross country world champion) placed second 22 seconds behind and Berihu Aregawi of Ethiopia came in third with 27:48.41.[13][14]
On 8 September, Kipruto ran in his third 10K race the second-fastest time in history (behind the Leonard Komon's world record of 26:44 from 2010) with his winning time of 26:46 in Prague.[15][16]
2019
editKipruto won the IAAF Cross Country Permit in Elgoibar on 13 January in a time of 32:05.[17] In February, he placed sixth in the men's senior 10 km race at the Kenyan Cross Country Championships in Eldoret, finishing 18 seconds behind Amos Kirui's winning time of 29:51. Kipruto then ran in the men's senior race at the World Cross Country Championships held in March in Aarhus, Denmark. He finished sixth in a time of 32:17 out of 144 starters. The run was won by Joshua Cheptegei (Uganda) in 31:40 and Jacob Kiplimo placed second in 31:44.[18] However, Kipruto won with Kenya the silver medal in the team ranking behind Uganda and ahead of Ethiopia.[19]
On 4 July, Kipruto won the 10 km Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta, Georgia, USA with a time of 27:01, breaking the previous course record and setting an all-comers' record (best performance on country's soil).[20] The Association of Road Racing Statisticians describes this race as "Acceptable for ranking, no record quality...".[21] The former course record was set in 1996 with a time of 27:04 by Joseph Kimani. Kipruto's brother Bravin Kiptoo placed second with a time of 27:29, and Kennedy Kimutai finished in third place with 27:54.[22][23] At the Kenyan Championships on 21 August, Kipruto placed second in the 10,000 m in a time of 27:26.34. The race was won by Geoffrey Kamworor in a time of 27:24.76.[24]
- 2019 IAAF World Championships in Doha, Qatar
On 6 October 2019, Kipruto raced the 10,000 m. The winner was Joshua Cheptegei (Uganda) in 26:48.36, the runner up was Yomif Kejelcha (Ethiopia) in 26:49.34. Kipruto took the bronze medal with a time of 26:50.32.[25]
2020–present
editOn 12 January 2020, Kipruto set a 10 km road race world record in Valencia with a time of 26:24. The former world record had been set by Joshua Cheptegei in Valencia on 1 December 2019 with 26:38.[26] Benard Kimeli (Kenya) came in second with 27:12 and Julien Wanders of Switzerland finished in third place in 27:13, a new European record. Kipruto covered the first half in 13:18 and the second one in 13:06. Wanders improved on his own European record by 12 seconds.[27]
At the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics in July 2021, he finished ninth in the 10,000 m final with a time of 27:52.78.[1]
In March 2022, Kipruto won the New York City Half Marathon in a time of 1:00:30.[1]
In 2024, Kipruto was banned for six years for a "a deliberate and sophisticated doping regime". His race results since September 2018 have been disqualified.[3]
Achievements
editInternational competitions
edit| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Result |
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| 2018 | World U20 Championships | Tampere, Finland | 1st | 10,000 m | 27:21.08 CR |
| 2019 | World Cross Country Championships | Aarhus, Denmark | DQ | Senior race | 32:17 |
| DQ | Senior team | 43 pts | |||
| World Championships | Doha, Qatar | DQ | 10,000 m | 26:50.32 | |
| 2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | DQ | 10,000 m | 27:52.78 |
Personal bests
edit| Surface | Distance | Time (m:s) | Location | Date | Notes |
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| Track | 3000 metres | 7:48.08 | Cambridge, MA, USA | 19 May 2018 | |
| 5000 metres | 13:07.40 | London, United Kingdom | 20 July 2019 | ||
| 10,000 metres | 26:50.16 | Stockholm, Sweden | 30 May 2019 | ||
| Road | 5 kilometres | 13:18 | Valencia, Spain | 12 January 2020 | |
| 10 kilometres | 26:24 | Valencia, Spain | 12 January 2020 | World record | |
| Half marathon | 57:49 | Valencia, Spain | 6 December 2020 | 3rd athlete all time |
Information taken from World Athletics profile.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Rhonex KIPRUTO – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ "All-time men's best 10km road race". alltime-athletics.com. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ a b c "2-time Peachtree Road Race winner, world record holder banned for doping". WSB-TV Channel 2 - Atlanta. 5 June 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
- ^ "All-time men's best half-marathon". alltime-athletics.com. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ "Competition documents" (PDF). media.aws.iaaf.org.
- ^ Dickinson, Marley (17 May 2023). "Rhonex Kipruto, 10K world record holder, suspended on doping allegations". Canadian Running Magazine. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
- ^ Ingle, Sean (17 May 2023). "World 10km record holder Rhonex Kipruto suspended for suspected doping". The Guardian. ISSN 1756-3224. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
- ^ "Rhonex Kipruto: Slowly by Slowly | Spikes". spikes.iaaf.org. 28 March 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ "Kipruto and Chemutai aim to top podium in their return to Prague". iaaf.org. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
- ^ "Athletics Kenya National Cross Country Championships" (PDF).
- ^ "Clasificaciones de AFRICA CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP 2018". sportmaniacs.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 October 2018.
- ^ "Rhonex Kipruto Breaks U.S. All-Comers 10K Record in 27:08 at Healthy Kidney".
- ^ "10,000 Metres Result | IAAF World U20 Championships Tampere 2018". iaaf.org. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
- ^ "Kiplimo captures Uganda's first world cross gold – IAAF World Championships Kampala 2017". iaaf.org. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
- ^ "Teen phenom Rhonex Kipruto just misses 10km world record in Prague". AW. 8 September 2018.
- ^ "Kipruto threatens world 10 km record at Prague Grand Prix". IAAF. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ "Kipruto and Obiri dominate in Elgoibar| News". World Athletics. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- ^ "Senior Race Result | IAAF World Cross Country Championships Aarhus 2019". www.iaaf.org. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ "Senior Race Team Standings | IAAF World Cross Country Championships Aarhus 2019". www.iaaf.org. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ "Kenyan Rhonex Kipruto wins AJC Peachtree Road Race".
- ^ "ARRS – Race: Peachtree Road Race". more.arrs.run. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
- ^ "AJC Peachtree Road Race". www.athlinks.com. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
- ^ Weekly, Race Results (4 July 2019). "With a $50,000 Bonus on the Line, Course Records Fall at 50th Peachtree Road Race". Runner's World. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
- ^ "Kenias Langstreckler bereit für Showdown mit Äthiopiern bei der WM". Mainova Frankfurt Marathon (in German). 21 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ "Cheptegai holt 10.000-m-Gold für Uganda: Nachrichten und aktuelle News aus Holzminden und dem Weserbergland". www.tah.de. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- ^ "Joshua Cheptegei breaks 10km road world record in Valencia". BBC Sport. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
- ^ race-news -service.com (13 January 2020). "10K Valencia Trinidad Alfonso 2020: Rhonex Kipruto läuft in Valencia 10-km-Weltrekord". runnersworld.de (in German). Retrieved 24 March 2020.
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