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Born | 20 December 1990 |
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Country | Kenya |
Sport | Long-distance running |
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]
In 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]