Sporting officials say Kiplagat, 72 had worsened over the last four months and passed on peacefully at his home 10:30am Wednesday.He succumbed on Wednesday morning after a long battle with cancer.
AK Nairobi branch chair Barnabas Kori also affirmed to have received news of the death of a man he had worked with for decades in building Kenyan athletics.
Career
Kiplagat was once Managing Director for the defunct Postal Bank and President for Athletics Kenya for 40 years.
1975– Vice-Chairman, Kenya Amateur Athletics Association (Athletics Kenya).
1976-1986–-Secretary General, AK.
1987-1989–-Vice-Chairman, AK.
1976-1987– Member, IAAF Technical Committee.
1977-1996– Secretary/Treasurer, East Africa Athletic Board.
1992-to 2015 Chairman,AK.
Suspension
I really feel sad writing this, though I cant help doing it. It reminds me of a TV Series ‘Breaking Bad’ where the main character is a man of clean record until he discovers he has cancer.
In November last year, Kiplagat alongside two other AK officials were suspended by the IAAF Ethics Board for 180 days after being accused of subverting anti-doping processes and potentially diverting sponsorship funds from Nike.
Kiplagat was also accused of accepting, either personally or on behalf of Athletics Kenya, an “apparent gift” of two motor vehicles from the Qatar Association of Athletics Federations in the period from 2014 to 2015, a time Doha was bidding to host the 2019 world championships.
In May this year, the suspension of the trio was extended for a further 180 days to allow completion of investigations.