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Edna Kiplagat: The unlucky, unwitting victim of the EPO-doping scourge

Bahrain's Eunice Jepkirui Kirwa wins the women's marathon at the Incheon Asiad Main Stadium during the 17th Asian Games in Incheon October 2, 2014. (Courtesy)

Another week, another seismic doping ban; the latest being the provisional suspension of Bahraini Eunice Kirwa, the silver medallist in the marathon at the Rio Games in 2016.

This ban shook distance running to its core in another inquest to its legitimacy.

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