Olympic and World Marathon Champion Peres Jepchirchir Suspended in Doping Case
The AIU said an out-of-competition sample collected before her Sydney Marathon win tested positive for EPO, triggering a provisional suspension.
- On Friday, the Athletics Integrity Unit provisionally suspended reigning world and former Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir after an adverse analytical finding for the banned substance EPO.
- The AIU stated that an out-of-competition sample, collected in Kenya prior to her recent Sydney Marathon victory, returned an adverse analytical finding for EPO.
- A four-time World Marathon Major winner, Jepchirchir claimed Tokyo Olympics gold in 2021 and world titles in the marathon and half-marathon.
- The agency announced the suspension on Friday, just one day after Ethiopia's former Tokyo Marathon winner Ruti Aga received a six-year ban for a positive test and tampering.
- Before her Sydney victory, Jepchirchir withdrew from this year's London Marathon following a stress fracture sustained after finishing second in the Valencia marathon last December.
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Athletics Kenya Breaks Silence as One of the World’s Greatest Runners Faces Doping Suspension
From winning Olympic gold at the Tokyo Games to claiming the world marathon title and major victories in New York, Boston, London and Sydney, Peres Jepchirchir has made a big name in distance running. However, the Kenyan star is now facing a provisional suspension after a sample tested positive for EPO. With Olympic medalist Kara […]
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Kyung-yoon = 2020 Tokyo Olympics women's marathon gold medalist Perez Jepchirchir (33, Kenya) tested positive for a banned substance in a doping test...
Athletics-World marathon champion Jepchirchir provisionally banned by AIU over EPO finding
Kenya’s world marathon champion Peres Jepchirchir has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for the banned blood booster EPO in a sample taken before her Sydney Marathon victory, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Friday. The AIU added that the out-of-competition sample collected in Kenya returned an adverse analytical finding for EPO (erythropoietin), which […]
The Olympic and World Marathon Champion has been temporarily suspended after EPO was detected in a check. Her case enlarges a demolishing list in the country that turned running into a mythical industry of champions
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