Elizabeth Muthuka, a Kenyan sprinter has been banned for two years for testing positive to banned substance nandrolone.
This news did not surprise me.
Back in July, Elizabeth made news headlines when she qualified for Olympics. Kenya is a country that produces long distance runners and when a sprinter emerges there is hullabaloo. In a spun of a week the 33 year old broke two national records.
What caught my attention was not her record breaking times but her muscular body.
See for yourself
Elizabeth Muthuka during Olympic trials
I know a man who has spent years in the gym trying to get such muscles, after 4 years of lifting weights the man hasn’t made much progress.
According to Wikipedia effects of Nandrolone include muscle growth, appetite stimulation and increased red blood cell production and bone density.
In the hearing, Elizabeth admitted using the drug after she was advised to do so by her doctors.
Muthuka becomes the fourth female runner from Kenya to test positive. Others are Udine half marathon champion Pamela Chepchumba, former world cross country junior champion Lydia Cheromei and marathoner Susan Chepkemei.
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