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Boston Marathon champion Rita Jeptoo has doping ban extended by two years
- Updated: October 26, 2016
Kenyan marathon runner Rita Jeptoo has had a two-year doping suspension extended until 2018 after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled in favour of an appeal by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
Jeptoo, a three-time winner of the Boston Marathon and twice a winner in Chicago, will be stripped of the titles won in each of the major city marathons in 2014 and all results as of April 17, 2014, and is banned until October 30, 2018.
The 35-year-old underwent an out-of-competition drugs test on September 25, 2014, and was found to have tested positive for EPO (rEPO) on October 24, 2014, just 12 days after winning in Chicago.
Jeptoo had initially been handed the minimum two-year suspension by Athletics Kenya (AK), which was due to finish at the end of October, but CAS said it had …
