Athletics-'So shameful': Top Kenyan runners dismayed over Jepchirchir doping case田径——“太可耻了”：肯尼亚顶尖跑者对杰普奇尔奇尔兴奋剂案感到震惊
NEW YORK, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Kenyan runners reacted with dismay on Thursday to another doping case involving one of their compatriots, after former New York City Marathon winner Peres Jepchirchir was provisionally suspended, casting a shadow over the build-up to Sunday's race.
FILE PHOTO: Athletics - Sydney Marathon - Sydney, Australia - August 30, 2026 Kenya's Peres Jepchirchir crosses the finish line to win the Women's Sydney Marathon REUTERS/Hollie Adams/File Photo
NEW YORK, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Kenyan runners reacted with dismay on Thursday to another doping case involving one of their compatriots, after former New York City Marathon winner Peres Jepchirchir was provisionally suspended, casting a shadow over the build-up to Sunday's race.
The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Friday that it had provisionally suspended Jepchirchir after she tested positive for the banned blood booster EPO in a sample taken before her Sydney Marathon victory.
Her agent said at the time: "I can only say that I feel terrible about what happened and I think it's only right that an athlete who uses the performance enhancing drugs should be disqualified."
"It's so shameful," said men's defending champion Benson Kipruto. "Somebody like that, high-profile name, can ruin the name of athletes not only in Kenya but all over the world because we are here now, running, and maybe people will say 'No, these people are not clean'."
Jepchirchir completed one of marathon running's greatest achievements when she won the five-borough classic just weeks after taking Olympic gold in 2021.
Kipruto called for more testing in the run-up to the World Marathon Majors, particularly among highly decorated athletes.
"If I'm coming to run the TCS New York City Marathon and I have some appearance fee, I would propose that they cut my appearance fee and send to AIU people to come and intensify my testing for maybe three months to make sure I'm clean and I come here to run clean," he said.
More than 140 Kenyan athletes have faced doping sanctions since the AIU was established in 2017 and Jepchirchir's provisional suspension is a fresh embarrassment just weeks after World Athletics awarded its world championships to Nairobi for 2029.
Athletics Kenya said on Monday that it maintains an "unwavering policy of zero tolerance to doping."
Jepchirchir is allowed to appeal and request an analysis of her B sample. New York's defending women's champion Hellen Obiri said the news meant anti-doping measures were working but stopped short of assigning guilt until the B sample analysis occurs.
"If (it is) true, that would be shocking news and it would be so bad for the Kenyans," said Obiri.
(Reporting by Amy Tennery in New York, editing by Pritha Sarkar)
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资料照片：田径——悉尼马拉松——澳大利亚悉尼——2026年8月30日，肯尼亚选手佩雷斯·杰普奇尔奇尔冲过终点线，赢得悉尼马拉松女子组冠军。路透社/霍莉·亚当斯/资料照片
纽约，10 月 29 日（路透社）——周四，肯尼亚跑者对又一起涉及其同胞的兴奋剂案件表示失望，此前纽约马拉松前冠军佩雷斯·杰普奇尔奇尔被暂时禁赛，这给周日的比赛蒙上了一层阴影。
田径诚信委员会（AIU）周五表示，在杰普奇尔奇尔赢得悉尼马拉松比赛前采集的样本中，她的血液兴奋剂 EPO 检测呈阳性，因此已暂时停赛。
她的经纪人当时表示：“我只能说，我对发生的事情感到非常难过，我认为使用兴奋剂的运动员应该被取消比赛资格，这是理所应当的。”
“这太丢人了，”男子卫冕冠军本森·基普鲁托说道。“像他这样有名的人，不仅会败坏肯尼亚运动员的名声，还会败坏全世界运动员的名声，因为我们现在在这里比赛，也许人们会说‘不，这些人不干净’。”
杰普奇尔奇尔在 2021 年获得奥运会金牌后仅仅几周，就赢得了五区经典马拉松赛的冠军，完成了马拉松运动中最伟大的成就之一。
基普鲁托呼吁在世界马拉松大满贯赛之前进行更多测试，尤其是在那些功勋卓著的运动员中。
“如果我来参加 TCS 纽约马拉松，并且需要支付出场费，我会建议他们减少我的出场费，并派 AIU 的人员来加强对我的检测，也许持续三个月，以确保我是清白的，这样我才能清白地来这里比赛，”他说。
自 2017 年国际田联诚信委员会 (AIU) 成立以来，已有超过 140 名肯尼亚运动员面临兴奋剂处罚。就在世界田径联合会将 2029 年世界锦标赛的举办权授予内罗毕几周后，杰普奇尔奇尔的临时禁赛令肯尼亚再次蒙羞。
肯尼亚田径协会周一表示，该协会坚持“对兴奋剂零容忍”的坚定政策。
杰普奇尔奇尔可以提出上诉，并要求对她的B瓶样本进行分析。纽约卫冕女子冠军海伦·奥比里表示，这一消息意味着反兴奋剂措施正在发挥作用，但她并未在B瓶样本分析结果出来之前妄下断言。
奥比里说：“如果这是真的，那将是令人震惊的消息，对肯尼亚人来说将是极其糟糕的事情。”
（纽约 Amy Tennery 报道，Pritha Sarkar 编辑）
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