NAIROBI, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Kenya' s Asbel Kiprop will finally receive his gold medal from the 2008 Beijing Olympics in Nairobi on Wednesday.

National Olympics Committee-Kenya (Nock) secretary general, F. K Paul, confirmed Kiprop' s belated coronation.

"Asbel Kiprop will receive his 2008 Olympics gold medal this Wednesday at a luncheon that will begin at 11:30am at the Intercontinental Hotel," he said in a statement issued in Nairobi on Tuesday.

At the Beijing Games, Kiprop ran 3:33.11 to trail Bahraini athlete and Helsinki 2005 Worlds champion, Rashid Ramzi across the line but the result did not stand after the latter was excluded from the sport for two years after his test came back positive for the banned blood-boosting substance CERA.

"I am happy because I have gotten what is mine. It was unfair to compete with a person who was using drugs but at least there is some sense of justice," Kiprop said.

"I am disappointed that he denied Kenya a chance to have its national anthem played at the stadium. It could have been more special if I had won it in the stadium rather than to be awarded later," Kiprop said at the time.

The lanky runner, 22, who burst to the metric mile scene with victory at the 2007 All Africa Games in Algiers while still a teenager, soared to the world title in Daegu, Republic of Korea this summer.

In Daegu, Kiprop returned 3:35.68 to edge compatriot and Commonwealth titleholder Silas Kiplagat to the gold.

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