by drugadmin | Oct 26, 2016 | Africa, Featured, Marathon, News
26th October 2016 – Rita Jeptoo of Kenya, has doping ban increased to four years and has been disqualified from the Boston marathon she won in 2014, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has stated. Rita Jeptoo – Doping Ban Extended Jeptoo became...
by drugadmin | Mar 19, 2015 | Africa, Europe, Featured, Marathon, News, South Africa
LONDON, March 18, 2015 — Abbott World Marathon Majors (AWMM) is working in partnership with the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) to finance increased out-of-competition drug testing for elite athletes participating in AWMM events. This...
by drugadmin | Nov 1, 2014 | Africa, Featured, Marathon, News
Kenyan marathon runner Rita Jeptoo has become the latest athlete from the country to fail a doping test. The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) informed Athletics Kenya of traces of a banned substance in Jeptoo’s ‘A’ sample. An...
by drugadmin | Feb 24, 2013 | Europe, Featured, Marathon, News, USA
World record holder Paula Radcliffe has welcomed the decision of World Marathon Majors (WMM) to revise their athlete contracts to include stricter anti-doping penalties. The organisers of the Tokyo, Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago and New York marathons have changed...