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Cheats put on notice: Former Boston Marathon champ Korir wants to make doping criminal

Wesley Korir of Kenya reacts after he won the 116th Boston Marathon on the April 15, 2012 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Jim Rogash/Getty Images)

Former Boston Marathon champion and Kenyan Member of Parliament, Wesley Korir, plans to introduce a bill to criminalise doping in Kenya.

The 2012 Boston Marathon winner made the announcement on his Twitter feed, just weeks after revelations that one of Kenya’s most renowned marathon runners, Rita Jeptoo, tested positive for erythropoietin (EPO) prior to her victory at the Chicago Marathon on October 12.

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