Kenyan athlete Peres Jepchirchir, the current world marathon champion and Olympic gold medalist from Tokyo 2021, has been temporarily suspended after tests revealed traces of EPO, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced on Friday, October 23. Jepchirchir, 33, was tested prior to the Sydney Marathon, which she won on August 30. Crowned world champion in Tokyo 2025 and a former world record holder in the half marathon, she has also triumphed in the marathons of London (2024), Boston (2022), and New York (2021). Since 2017, over 140 Kenyan athletes, including marathon world record holder Ruth Chepngetich, have been suspended or banned from competition for using prohibited substances.
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