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Marked for doping: WMM to conduct more blood tests on Kenyan, Ethiopian and Ugandan athletes

Rita Jeptoo in San Diego

Athletics global governing body is to launch a doping crackdown on elite marathon runners after scandals involving top Kenyan and Russian stars.

Organisers of the top races in London, New York, Boston, Chicago, Tokyo and Berlin have agreed to finance extra testing of top runners by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).

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