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How a budding long-distance runner from Haryana got embroiled in a doping scandal in Kenya Subscriber Only

In May 2023, 17-year-old Aman Malik traded home for the running tracks of Iten, a Kenyan town that has been producing Olympic winners since the 1990s. Two years on, Aman, who pleaded guilty to procuring and distributing drugs, is serving a three-year sentence in a Nairobi jail. Over multiple calls with Aman from jail and people in India, The Indian Express pieces together his story
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