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Kenya’s Kalalei gets four-year doping ban

By Reuters
11 October 2018   |   12:17 pm
Kenyan marathon runner Samuel Kalalei, who won the Athens marathon last November, has been banned for four years after testing positive for blood-booster EPO, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has said.

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