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New York Marathon winner Albert Korir banned for five years after doping admission

Korir, 32, has been banned for five years after admitting to doping

The Independent UK

Women’s marathon world record-holder Chepngetich handed three-year doping ban

The women’s marathon world record holder, Ruth Chepngetich, has been banned for three years after failing a drugs test

The Guardian - UK

Ruth Chepng’etich: Women's marathon world record holder banned for three years after anti-doping admission

Kenyan was first female athlete to dip below two hours and ten minutes for 26.2 miles

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Marathon world record holder handed three-year doping ban, but time allowed to stand

Chepngetich, who broke the women’s marathon record in Chicago last year, tested positive for the banned substance hydrochlorothiazide after taking her housemaid’s medication

The Independent UK

Sabastian Sawe on the marathon world record and why it’s ’the worst moment ever to run very fast’

Exclusive interview: Sawe attempted to break Kelvin Kiptum’s men’s marathon world record in Berlin this year, only for sweltering conditions to deny him, but the Kenyan runner tells Jack Rathborn how he plans to get it next time and the importance of anti-doping in the sport

The Independent UK

Susan Egelstaff: Kenyan doping is ruining athletics, so what can be done?

The list of Kenyan athletes to have been found to be doping is astonishingly long, and includes women's world marathon record holder, Ruth…

The National (Scotland)

Marathon record-holder Ruth Chepngetich suspended for positive doping test

Chepngetich suspended after testing positive for banned diuretic test, with further investigation pending.

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Marathon world record holder Ruth Chepngetich provisionally suspended after positive drugs test

Chepngetich tested positive for the banned substance Hydrochlorothiazide

The Independent UK

Marathon world record holder Ruth Chepngetich suspended over banned substance

Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit for the presence and use of a prohibited substance

The Guardian - UK

Susan Egelstaff:Can Eilish McColgan become GB's greatest-ever female marathon runner?

Today, at the London Marathon, Eilish McColgan will make her marathon debut. She's already one of Scotland's most successful-ever athletes but can…

The National (Scotland)

London Marathon 2025: men's and women's favourites, featuring Eliud Kipchoge and Sifan Hassan

Alex Yee and Eilish McColgan, both making their London Marathon debuts, are among the top British contenders for the 26.2-mile race

Evening Standard

Eilish McColgan sets two London Marathon targets for long-awaited debut

McColgan is back and poised to run the iconic distance after breaking down injured in 2023, with the star-studded elite women’s field boasting world record holder Ruth Chepngetich and Olympic gold medallist Sifan Hassan

The Independent UK

Emile Cairess, Alex Yee and Eilish McColgan lead British hopes at London Marathon 2025

Cairess will be joined on the startline by Olympic triathlon champion Yee, while Charlotte Purdue will hope to establish herself as part of a strong women's field

The Independent UK

Speedy East Africans at the fore

This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about the Chicago Marathon. There’s “The Listener’s Corner” with Paul Myers, Erwan Rome’s “Music from Erwan”, and of course, the new quiz and bonus questions too, so click on the “Play” button above and enjoy!

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Susan Egelstaff: Has anti-doping taken a step forward? Hopefully, because it needs to

Anti-doping has long lagged behind the dopers but in Australia, there may have been a recent development that will catch at least a few more cheats.…

The Independent UK

Hellen Obiri unfazed by Ruth Chepngetich world record: ‘Fast times don’t scare me, I’m the best’

NEW YORK MARATHON 2024: The Kenyan runner speaks to Jack Rathborn ahead of this weekend’s New York Marathon about the evolution of women’s marathon running following Chepngetich’s world record at the Chicago Marathon last month

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Kenya's Ruth Chepngetich sets women's world record at Chicago Marathon

Kenyan athletics chiefs were on Monday basking in the glory of another marathon world record for one of their long distance runners after Ruth Chepngetich shaved nearly two minutes off the previous high in the women's race at Sunday's Chicago Marathon.

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Ruth Chepngetich Breaks Women's Marathon World Record In Chicago

Ruth Chepngetich and John Korir shine at Chicago Marathon, honoring late record-breaker Kelvin Kiptum.

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The Independent UK

Ruth Chepngetich smashes women’s marathon world record in Chicago

The Kenyan smashed the previous best set in Berlin last year, breaking under the 2:10:00 barrier

The Guardian - UK

Women’s London marathon will be ‘tougher race to win than Olympics’

Race director Hugh Brasher said the women’s London marathon will be a tougher race to win than its Olympic equivalent

Chicago Sun-Times

Benson Kipruto, Ruth Chepngetich win 2022 Chicago Marathon

Emily Sisson finished second and set a record for an American woman.

WEKU

Emily Sisson sets a record for American women at the Chicago Marathon

Benson Kipruto of Kenya was first in the men's division while Ruth Chepngetich, also of Kenya, led the women's division. Sisson finished second.

The Hindu

Kenya's Chepngetich, Kipruto cruise to victory in Chicago Marathon

American Emily Sisson finished second in 2:18:29 and Kenyan Vivian Jerono Kiplagat third

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