Ostracised, he quit athletics
“It was a big set back I quit athletics for almost year since I did not have the motivation to train. I kept away from people, I moved to Eldoret and then later, I decided to work as a Police officer to get away from it all but that is behind me now since I have resumed training.
“I was first posted to Isiolo, then Kuria where I discharged my duties including arresting people, going on patrol and other police duties. When I was at the station, I was busy during the day and I could not think about many things,” the athlete who burst to the scene as the 2007 double African 5000m/10000m junior champion said.
Serving as a lowly paid Kenya Police constable chasing after petty lawbreakers was not to him, the confirmation of his fall from grace but an escape route from many within the sport who were quick to ostracise him.
“At times, I was on night duty and it used to push my time. It made me happy to serve as a police officer but after sometime, I decided to resume training.
“I was afraid to go to places there were competitions since people saw me as a traitor, athletes kept far from me but now, they have began understanding since so many things were said about me at the time,” he continued.
To accelerate his flight from what he held dear, Kisorio commanded more headlines when German journalist, Hajo Seppelt, of ARD visited his home for an interview that landed him in further trouble with his peers and athletics authorities in his country.
In the ensuing story, Seppelt wrote that Kisorio implicated fellow athletes with the vice sparking outrage just a month after he was busted.
“In the interview he was the first Kenyan to admit that he has manipulated on a grand scale. He apparently hopes that he gets, through the elucidation of the facts, a reduced ban by the AK. Therefore, he has gone on the offensive and has spoken to us.
“He claims that he was incited by his doctor. With better results, which are easier by doping, an athlete earned money. The doctor wanted to have his share. The doctor has apparently given him injections of banned substances and also tablets. One of these tablets led to the alleged positive test.
“His observations on this practice are that this is not an isolated phenomenon, but is wide spread all over Kenya. The athletes are more or less the victim of a profit-driven medical profession, he says,” part of the Seppelt report read.
