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World and Olympic marathon champion Jepchirchir suspended after positive doping test
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a sports story. The Guardian Sport and BBC News Africa are the outlets attached to this story. The reports are tied to Global. The first report grouped here was at 23 Oct 2026, 12:01 UTC. 2 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “World and Olympic marathon champion Jepchirchir suspended after positive doping test”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
AIU investigates after sample tested positive for EPO 33-year-old won Olympic marathon in 2021 In a fresh hammer blow for Kenyan athletics, world marathon champion Peres Jepchirchir has been provisionally suspended for doping, the Athletics Integrity Unit announced on Friday.
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World and Olympic marathon champion Jepchirchir suspended after positive doping test
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