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Kenya changes stance on PED problem
Athletics Kenya president Isaiah Kiplagat told the press last week that the “doping issue is just as bad as AIDS” in Kenya. Though the words may be a bit bold, it’s a notable change in tone from...
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World Marathon Majors agree to help fund doping facility
The six races which compose the World Marathon Majors have agreed to help fund the fight against performance enhancing drugs. According to a report by the Boston Herald, representatives from the six...
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Rita Jeptoo handed 2-year ban
Two-time Back-to-back Boston and Chicago champion Rita Jeptoo has been handed a two-year ban from the International Association of Athletics Federations for testing positive for EPO before her fall win...
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Marathoner Sammy Wanjiru possibly murdered, says pathologist
The 2008 Olympic marathon champion, Sammy Wanjiru, died from what was reported as a leap from his balcony in May of 2011, but one of Kenya’s top pathologists is now reporting he believes Wanjiru was...
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Lanni Marchant before the NYC Half
The Canadian record holder in the marathon and half-marathon, Lanni Marchant, will open her 2015 season this weekend in New York City Half. She again spent time this winter training in Kenya preparing...
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Halifax running coach Cliff Matthews dies in Kenya
A well-known Halfiax running coach, Cliff Matthews, died Sunday of an apparent heart attack in Kenya. He was 70. Matthews was in the East African country coaching Denise Robson, an elite masters...
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South Korea to offer citizenship to banned Kenya marathoner
View image | gettyimages.com The South Korean government is planning to offer citizenship to a Kenyan marathon runner who has twice won the Seoul International Marathon and served a two-year doping...
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Another high-profile Kenyan fails doping test
Just as performance enhancing drug revelations from the fall of 2014 were fading from the news, another Kenyan marathoner has failed a doping test. According to Standard Digital, the most popular...
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Athletics Kenya suspends top agents, Kiplagat steps down
The governing body for track and field and road running in Kenya, Athletics Kenya, has suspended two of the top athlete representation agencies from working in the country for the next six months,...
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IAAF wants Jeptoo ban doubled
A day after the Boston Marathon, the Court of Arbitration for Sport noted there have been two appeals filed in the case for Rita Jeptoo, who’s a three-time champion at the icon race. The sport’s...
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World and Olympic champions to walk for peace in Kenya
Many of the best runners in the world are planning to walk over 800 km to raise money to combat inter-village and rural violence in northwestern Kenya. It’s being called the Walk for Peace Headed by...
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Kenya athletes complete Walk for Peace
Lake Borgia, Kenya, Aug 6, 2015 (AFP) – Top Kenyan athletes on Thursday completed a giant 840 km Walk for Peace against ethnic violence, accompanied by cheering crowds. Former world marathon record...
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Two Kenyans fail drug tests at Beijing worlds
By Luke PHILLIPS Beijing, Aug 26, 2015 (AFP) – Two Kenyans have failed pre-competition drugs tests at the world championships in Beijing and have been provisionally suspended, the International...
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Kenya’s deputy president vows to criminalize doping
Nairobi, Sept 1, 2015 (AFP) – Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto on Tuesday announced plans to criminalize doping, after two of the east African nation’s athletes were banned after positive tests...
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Two more Kenyan runners banned for doping
Athletics Kenyan formally banned two female runners for positive tests. Emerging stars Agatha Jeruto Kimaswai and Josephine Jepkorir were both found to have used Nandrosterone, an anabolic steroid....
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The governing body for track and field and road running in Kenya, Athletics Kenya, has suspended two of the top athlete representation agencies from working in the country for the next six months,...
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A day after the Boston Marathon, the Court of Arbitration for Sport noted there have been two appeals filed in the case for Rita Jeptoo, who’s a three-time champion at the icon race. The sport’s… The...
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View ArticleCanada’s two best marathoners calling Iten, Kenya home for the winter
Two of Canada's top marathoners, Reid Coolsaet and Lanni Marchant, are training in Iten, Kenya in preparation for the 2016 outdoor season. The post Canada’s two best marathoners calling Iten, Kenya...
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