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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Lawrence Ostlere

Marathon champion Titus Ekiru banned for 10 years after doping and faking hospital records

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A serial marathon champion has been banned from athletics for 10 years after he took performance-enhancing drugs and attempted to cover his tracks using fake medical records supplied by a senior doctor.

Titus Ekiru, the sixth-fastest marathon runner of all time, twice tested positive for prohibited substances in urine samples in 2021 after winning both the Milan and Abu Dhabi Marathons.

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