In 2019, he won the men's race at the Beach to Beacon 10K held in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, United States.[3] In the same year, he was also one of the pacemakers in the Ineos 1:59 Challenge, a successful attempt by Kenyan athlete Eliud Kipchoge to break the two-hour mark for running the marathon distance.[3]
On 10 July, 2020 the Athletics Integrity Unit announce Korio would be banned for competition for two years from 19 July, 2019 until 18 July, 2021 due to whereabouts failures.[4]
References
^ abc"Men's 10,000 metres - Final" (PDF). 2019 World Athletics Championships. (PDF) from the original on 17 December 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
^"Palmarés La Mitja". Granollers Half Marathon. from the original on 22 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
^ ab"Alex Korio". Ineos 1:59 Challenge. from the original on 12 October 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
alex, korio, born, december, 1990, kenyan, long, distance, runner, 2019, competed, metres, 2019, world, athletics, championships, held, doha, qatar, finished, 11th, place, personal, informationborn, 1990, december, 1990, sportcountrykenyasportlong, distance, r. Alex Korio born 20 December 1990 1 is a Kenyan long distance runner In 2019 he competed in the men s 10 000 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha Qatar 1 He finished in 11th place 1 Alex KorioPersonal informationBorn 1990 12 20 20 December 1990 age 32 SportCountryKenyaSportLong distance runningIn 2016 he won the men s race at the Granollers Half Marathon held in Granollers Catalonia Spain 2 In 2019 he won the men s race at the Beach to Beacon 10K held in Cape Elizabeth Maine United States 3 In the same year he was also one of the pacemakers in the Ineos 1 59 Challenge a successful attempt by Kenyan athlete Eliud Kipchoge to break the two hour mark for running the marathon distance 3 On 10 July 2020 the Athletics Integrity Unit announce Korio would be banned for competition for two years from 19 July 2019 until 18 July 2021 due to whereabouts failures 4 References Edit a b c Men s 10 000 metres Final PDF 2019 World Athletics Championships Archived PDF from the original on 17 December 2019 Retrieved 6 July 2020 Palmares La Mitja Granollers Half Marathon Archived from the original on 22 August 2020 Retrieved 22 August 2020 a b Alex Korio Ineos 1 59 Challenge Archived from the original on 12 October 2019 Retrieved 6 July 2020 Snider McGrath B S 2020 July 12 INEOS 1 59 pacer banned for two years following missed tests Canadian Running Magazine https runningmagazine ca the scene ineos 159 pacer banned for two years following missed tests External links EditAlex Korio at World Athletics Alex Korio at ARRS This Kenyan biographical article relating to athletics is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alex Korio amp oldid 1048533821, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
