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Kenya’s athletics bosses came in for fierce criticism on Saturday after it emerged Rita Jeptoo, currently the world’s leading female marathon runner, tested positive in an out-of-competition anti-doping test.
A senior Athletics Kenya official, vice president Jackson Tuwei, has revealed to AFP that Jeptoo’s ‘A’ sample had contained traces of the blood-boosting drug EPO, the same blood-boosting drug used by Lance Armstrong to cheat his way to seven Tour de France wins.
The revelation has stunned Kenya, whose naturally gifted distance runners are a major source of national pride, but has also left Athletics Kenya bosses facing renewed allegations of having ignored a worsening problem.
“If Kenya wants to win back, or at least buffer the loss of trust that is inevitable as a result of the Jeptoo test, then it must immediately and without delay open the system up to independent international scrutiny,” wrote Ross Tucker, a prominent South African sports scientist.
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