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Kenya's Kabuu fails anti-doping test, suspended from athletics

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Kenya’s Lucy Kabuu crosses the finish line in 00:31:48 seconds to win the overall women’s title at the TCS World 10K Bangalore 2014.

Another high profile athlete from Kenya has been suspended after testing positive for banned narcotics, the Athlete Integrity Unit (AIU) has announced.

According to the AIU, which is an IAAF unit charged to monitor doping among the athletes, former Commonwealth Games champion Lucy Wangui Kabuu, 34, who has run under the two hours and 20 minutes in marathon, is provisionally suspended after testing positive for banned narcotic morphine.

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