{"id":2956,"date":"2017-04-07T01:01:43","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T07:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/marathon\/?p=2956"},"modified":"2017-04-07T01:01:43","modified_gmt":"2017-04-07T07:01:43","slug":"wmm-discusses-jemima-sumgong-positive-drug-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/marathon\/news\/wmm-discusses-jemima-sumgong-positive-drug-test\/","title":{"rendered":"WMM discusses Jemima Sumgong positive drug test"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nWhile we are distressed to learn of the reports of Jemima Sumgong’s positive drug test, if true, they indicate that we are gaining ground in our long-standing fight against doping.<\/p>\n

Jemima Sumgong positive drug test<\/h3>\n

The Abbott World Marathon Majors is committed to eradicating doping and we will continue to lead the way in introducing and campaigning for aggressive measures.<\/p>\n

To that end, we recently, in conjunction with the IAAF<\/a> ,built and funded one of the largest targeted testing pool of athletes, with an aim of requiring more than 150 individuals to submit to out-of-competition testing a minimum of six times a year.<\/p>\n

As we understand it from reports, one of those out-of-competition tests resulted in Jemima Sumgong’s provisional positive results. This demonstrates that, while there is more work to do, our efforts have served an important purpose.<\/p>\n

Sumgong currently leads the standings for AbbottWMM Series X, which concludes at the April 17 Boston Marathon<\/a>. Under AbbottWM rules, any athlete who has been found guilty of any anti-doping rules enforced by the IAAF, WADA, National Federations or any of the individual AbbottWMM races is not eligible to win a AbbottWMM Series title.<\/p>\n

Given our policies, until the conclusion of Jemima Sumgong’s case and any potential appeal process, we will not name a Series X women’s champion.’<\/p>\n

In Boston, we will celebrate the hundreds of thousands of hard-working athletes who have crossed the finish lines of our six races in the past year.\u00a0 As we honor their accomplishments, we also will award titles to the Series X winners of our inaugural wheelchair championship as well as name our men’s Series X Champion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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