injury. Age investigations conclude As the IAAF investigations concluded in 2007, the outcome was reported at the IAAF Council Meeting held in conjunction with the 2007 World Cross Country Championships in Mombasa. Taher was found guilty of falsifying his age; according to IAAF, it had "emerged that the athlete falsified a birth certificate in order to obtain a Kenyan passport listing his birthday as 1 December 1989, when his real date of birth was 1 December 1986." In addition, his former name was found to be Dennis Kipkurui Sang. Meanwhile Belal Mansoor Ali was cleared of the same allegations, while the case of Aadam Ismaeel Khamis has not yet concluded. Reportedly, Taher "remained unfazed by the stories of being stripped of his gold medal". The sanctions pertaining to Taher's over-age in competitions were finally announced in August 2007. His performances at the 2005 World Youth Championships, the 2007 World Cross Country Championships and the 2006 World Junior Championships were annulled, meaning that Taher lost his medals and the world youth best performance. He was not disqualified from senior meets such as the World Championships or the Asian Games or the 2005 World Cross Country Championships because he was found to hold junior age at that time. The disqualifications of Taher were particularly beneficial for Moroccan runner Abdelghani Aït Bahmad, who moved up from fourth place to bronze medal position at both the 2005 World Youth and the 2006 World Junior Championships. It was still unknown whether the identity was forged by Taher himself or by someone else. If he is found to have forged his identity himself, Taher could face a two-year ban from the sport, similar to the suspension imposed upon first time doping offenders. Personal best times His current personal best times are: 1500 metres – 3:42.8 minutes (2006) 3000 metres – 7:50.31 minutes (2006) 3000 metres steeplechase – 8:06.13 minutes (2009) – also the Bahraini record. References 1986 births Living people Bahraini male middle-distance runners Kenyan male middle-distance runners Olympic athletes of Bahrain Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Kenyan emigrants to Bahrain Naturalized citizens of Bahrain Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games Kenyan male steeplechase runners Bahraini male steeplechase runners Bahraini people of Kenyan