The Athletics Integrity Unit says a sample taken before her Sydney Marathon win tested positive for EPO. She can contest the finding and has not been found guilty.
Kenya's Peres Jepchirchir, the reigning world and former Olympic marathon champion, has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit, which said October 23 that an out-of-competition sample collected in Kenya before her recent Sydney Marathon win returned an adverse analytical finding for EPO, Canadian Running reports.
The Athletics Integrity Unit added four years for tampering to a two-year ban for a positive test, saying she submitted a prescription from a clinic that does not exist.
Ethiopia's Ruti Aga, who won the 2019 Tokyo Marathon, has been banned for six years from March 15, 2026, the Athletics Integrity Unit announced October 22, for the presence and use of a prohibited substance and for tampering, Canadian Running reports.
World Athletics has cut both fields by 10 places, and qualifying opens November 1. The qualifying times come in December.
The men's and women's marathons at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics will each have 70 starters, down from 80, under the qualification system World Athletics has released, Canadian Running reports. The qualifying window opens November 1 and closes April 30, 2028.
Dates from World Athletics, World Aquatics and race organizers.
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