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Former Tokyo Marathon winner Chepchirchir latest Kenyan to be implicated in doping scandal

Kenya's Sarah Chepchirchir (C, #55) crosses the finish line in the women's category of the Tokyo Marathon in Tokyo on February 26, 2017. / AFP PHOTO

Sarah Chepchirchir has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit n the latest blow to Kenya.

Chepchirchir has previously a training partner of the 2016 Olympic marathon Jemima Sumgong, her sister-in-law, who is currently serving an eight-year drugs ban, under Italian coach Federicco Rosa.

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