3-time Boston Marathon women’s champ banned 2 years for doping
Kenya's Rita Jeptoo reacts after winning the women's division at the 118th running of the Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts April 21, 2014. Jeptoo has been banned two years from competition for doping. (REUTERS/Brian Snyder)
Kenyan marathon runner Rita Jeptoo walks past photographers as she arrives at the Athletics Kenya headquarters after failing a doping test, in Kenya's capital Nairobi, January 15, 2015. Jeptoo has been banned two years from competition for doping. (REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya)
Kenyan marathon runner Rita Jeptoo (L) is escorted as she arrives at the Athletics Kenya headquarters after failing a doping test, in Kenya's capital Nairobi, January 15, 2015. Jeptoo has been banned two years from competition for doping. (REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya)
Boston Marathon women’s champion Rita Jeptoo has been banned two years from competition for doping.
Athletics Kenya announced Friday that Jeptoo, who has won the Boston Marathon three times and her second Chicago Marathon in October, tested positive for the blood-booster EPO in an out-of-competition test conducted in September.
Jeptoo’s case was heard before a Kenya Athletics commission on Thursday. She won the Boston Marathon in 2006, 2013, and 2014.
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