Olympic and World Marathon Champion Peres Jepchirchir Suspended in Doping Case
- 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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Hammer blow for Kenya as world marathon champ Jepchirchir suspended for doping
The highly decorated 33-year-old Kenyan, who won Olympic gold in the Covid-delayed Tokyo Games in 2021, was suspended after an out-of-competition sample tested positive for banned blood booster EPO. An athlete is provisionally suspended while their case is investigated. Jepchirchir joins more than 140 Kenyan athletes, including current women's marathon world record-holder Ruth Chepngetich, who have been suspended or banned by the AIU since 2017.…
The Kenyan marathon world champion and Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir was provisionally suspended after a positive EPO result. This was reported by the Integrity Commission of the World Athletics Association (AIU) on Friday. The 33-year-old had been controlled in advance of the Sydney Marathon, which she won on August 30. The analyses revealed traces of EPO. Jepchirchir became marathon world champion in Tokyo in 2025 and Olympic champion in …
Athletics: Kenya's Peres Jepchirchir, world marathon champion and Olympic champion in Tokyo, is temporarily suspended for doping.
Jepchirchir, 33 years old, was controlled upstream of the Sydney marathon, which she won on 30 August last, says the AIU. ...
Kenyan Peres Jepchirchir has been suspended for doping.
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