- Lydia Cheromei
Lydia Cheromei (born
May 15 ,1977 inBaringo District ) is aKenya n athlete. She specializes in long distance running. She was bronze medalist at the World Junior Championships and won the junior category of the World Cross Country Championships in 1991 at the age of 13. She was mostly inactive between 1994-1997 [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000122/spr-trib.htm] and did compete between 2001-2004 either [http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=27858.html] . In 2006 Cheromei was found guilty ofclomiphene doping. The sample was delivered on24 February 2005 in an out-of-competition test inEldoret . She received anIAAF suspension from May 2005 to May 2007. [cite news |author= |last= |title=Doping Rule Violation |url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=1073741824/newsId=37204.html |work= |publisher=IAAF |date=11 January 2007 |accessdate=2006-11-27 ]She won the 2008
Rotterdam Half Marathon with a course record of 68:35; the previous record (69:13) had been set by herself in 2004 [IAAF, September 14, 2004: [http://www.iaaf.org/LRR08/news/newsid=47730.html Double Kenyan victory, as six go sub-60 in Rotterdam] ] .Her brother
Joseph Cheromei is also a runner.Achievements
Other achievements include three victories (1999, 2000 and 2005) at Saint Silvester Race held annually in
Brazil .Personal bests
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1500 metres - 4:13.06 min (2000)
*3000 metres - 8:29.14 min (2000)
*5000 metres - 14:46.72 min (1997)
*10,000 metres - 31:41.09 min (1992)
*10 kilometres - 31:33 min (2004)
*15 kilometres - 47:02 min (2004)
*Half marathon - 1:09:00 hrs (2004)ee also
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List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences References
External links
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