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Delilah Asiago (born 24 February 1972) is a retired female athlete from Kenya. She specialized in long-distance running, including marathons.
She was banned for two years after she tested positive for doping during the 1999 Saint Silvester Race.[1] Nevertheless, she was still active in 2006 when she won the Dubai Marathon.[2]
Asiago holds 4-Mile and 12-Kilometer road running world records.[3] She was awarded the "Road Racer of the Year" prize in 1995 by Running Times.[4]
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Achievements
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes Representing 
Kenya1991 All-Africa Games Cairo, Egypt 3rd 3,000 m World Championships Tokyo, Japan 12th 10,000 m 1995 All-Africa Games Harare, Zimbabwe 2nd 10,000 m Road races and Marathons
- 1995 - Falmouth Road Race, 1st
- 1995 - Steamboat Classic, 1st (time 19:28, a 4-Mile world record)
- 1995 - Bay to Breakers, 1st, (time 38:23, a 12-km world record)
- 2002 - Great Lake Marathon, 1st [5]
- 2003 - Nairobi Marathon, 2nd
- 2004 - Rotterdam Marathon, 6th (time 2:37:24, her personal record)
- 2005 - Nairobi Marathon, 6th
- 2006 - Dubai Marathon, 1st
- 2006 - Salt Lake City Marathon, 3rd
See also
- List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences
References
- IAAF profile for Delilah Asiago
- Marathoninfo profile
- ^ IAAF News, Nov/Dec 2000: [1]
- ^ IAAF, February 17, 2006 Pacemaker keeps going, and wins in Dubai
- ^ gbrathletics.com: World Records and best performances
- ^ Running Times: Road Racers of the Year
- ^ Daily Nation, November 8, 2003: When the city stood still
Categories:- 1972 births
- Living people
- Kenyan long-distance runners
- Doping cases in athletics
- Kenyan sportspeople in doping cases
- Kenyan athletics biography stubs
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