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Ian Chadband

Sydney Marathon champ Jepchirchir positive for EPO

Sydney Marathon champ Peres Jepchirchir has been provisionally suspended for a positive drugs test. (Nadir Kinani/AAP PHOTOS)

Distance running great Peres Jepchirchir has been provisionally suspended over a positive test for the banned blood booster EPO that was taken before her victory in the recent Sydney Marathon.

The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Friday the 33-year-old Olympic and world marathon champ gave an out-of-competition sample back in Kenya that returned an adverse analytical finding for the banned substance which enhances the production of red blood cells.

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