IndiaAIFounders — World and Olympic marathon champion Jepchirchir suspended after positive doping test

World and Olympic marathon champion Jepchirchir suspended after positive doping test

October 23, 2026 at 12:31 PM

AIU investigates after sample tested positive for EPO
33-year-old won Olympic marathon in 2021

In a fresh blow for Kenyan athletics, the women’s world marathon champion, Peres Jepchirchir, has been provisionally suspended for doping, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced on Friday.

The highly decorated 33-year-old, who won Olympic gold in the Covid-delayed Tokyo Games in 2021, was suspended after an out-of-competition sample tested positive for the banned blood booster EPO.

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