IAAF Tribunal extends Marathon champion Jemima Sumgong’s doping ban to eight years

Jemima Sumgong (KEN) of Kenya celebrates after winning the 2016 Rio Olympics Women’s Marathon in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on August 14, 2016. REUTERS

The running career of Olympic women marathon champion Jemimah Jelagat Sumgong appears to be all but over after the IAAF Disciplinary Tribunal slapped her with an eight-year ban from competition

At 34, she will be eligible to compete again at 42, effectively ruling her out from returning to the apex of the sport sealing the fall from grace of the runner who made history as the first Kenyan woman to win the marathon gold at Rio 2016.