PARIS, FRANCE – AUGUST 11: Peres Jepchirchir of Staff Kenya competes in the course of the Girls’s Marathon on day sixteen of the Olympic Video games Paris 2024 at Esplanade Des Invalides on August 11, 2024 in Paris, France. (Picture by Michael Steele/Getty Photos)
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Kenyan Peres Jepchirchir, the Tokyo Olympic gold medalist and 2025 World champion within the marathon, has been provisionally suspended after testing constructive for EPO, t, which handles doping in worldwide observe and subject.
Jepchirchir, 33, examined constructive from an out-of-competition pattern taken in Kenya earlier than she gained the Sydney Marathon on Aug. 30.
Athletes will be provisionally suspended earlier than a listening to to find out the ultimate determination of their case.
Gianni Demadonna, who’s listed as Jepchirchir's athlete consultant by World Athletics, stated Friday, "I can solely say that I really feel horrible about what occurred and I feel it’s solely proper that an athlete who makes use of the efficiency enhancing medicine needs to be disqualified."
Jepchirchir additionally gained main marathons in New York Metropolis (2021), Boston (2022) and London (2024).