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Women's Elite winner Edna Kiplagat (C) of Kenya poses with second placed Florence Kipalgat (L) of Kenya and third placed Tirunesh Dibaba (R) of Ethiopia following the Virgin London Marathon on April 13, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Tom Dulat/Getty Images)
Three-time Boston Marathon winner Rita Jeptoo’s doping ban has elicited furious reactions.
But following her ban, two-time world marathon champion Edna Kiplagat (top left) will take home the Sh43m ($500,000) World Marathon Majors prize as she was second in the women’s leader board.
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