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Doping scourge: Concerns as more athletes repeat offences

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Rita Jeptoo of Kenya celebrates after winning of the 2014 Bank of America Chicago Marathon on October 12, 2014 in Chicago, Illinois. [File, Standard]

Under normal circumstances, athletes who are found to have violated anti-doping rules either reform or repent as they plot comebacks.

But a worrying trend is sending shockwaves across the sporting world.

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