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NAIROBI: Kenyan Rita Jeptoo, winner of the Boston and Chicago marathons for the last two years, has been banned from the sport for two years after failing a drugs test, Athletics Kenya (AK) said on Friday.
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| Rita Jeptoo of Kenya celebrates after winning of the 2014 Bank of America Chicago Marathon on October 2014 in Chicago. PHOTO / AFP |
"AK followed due process in her (Rita Jeptoo) matter and it was appropriate that she serves a two-year ban," AK chief executive Isaac Kamande told Reuters.
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