Front Page Story on 5 Top Kenyans caught doping

I knew this was coming, I expect to see some big names like Joyciline Jepkosgei.

My 5:

Biwott

Joyciline Jepkosgei

Sarah Chepchirchir

Purity (won the Paris marathon)

Priscah Jeptoo

All part of the Rosa family, I believe.

Still waiting for them to stop protecting folks like Rudisha, Kipchoge and so on, but that's a long ways off. Many years off due to politics. But the truth will come out some day.

TrackCoach wrote:

I knew this was coming, I expect to see some big names like Joyciline Jepkosgei.

“She is all over,” said the source. “She is criss-crossing the Rift Valley counties looking for a safe place to hide now and then as she is afraid of the damage that the announcement will do, not only to her but to the sport.”

So the runner is female. Joyciline Jepkosgei raised many flags with her out-of-the-blue performance, so she's a good guess. I'm expecting Sarah Chepchirchir and/or Purity Rionoripo, Sumgong's training partners.

I cannot abide The Star. They may be the lowest of the gutter rags, but when reporting a story as important as this, at least find a writer who can spell, understands basic grammar and knows the difference between 'intimated' and 'intimidated'.

"Five top athletes are on the radar of anti-doping authorities after testing positive for banned substances."

Yeah, that's one way to "get on the radar" of those authorities.

Kind of like how blowing up a federal building in a Midwestern city and then getting caught makes you "a likely target" of the judicial system.

El Keniano wrote:

TrackCoach wrote:

I knew this was coming, I expect to see some big names like Joyciline Jepkosgei.

“She is all over,” said the source. “She is criss-crossing the Rift Valley counties looking for a safe place to hide now and then as she is afraid of the damage that the announcement will do, not only to her but to the sport.”

So the runner is female. Joyciline Jepkosgei raised many flags with her out-of-the-blue performance, so she's a good guess. I'm expecting Sarah Chepchirchir and/or Purity Rionoripo, Sumgong's training partners.

I cannot abide The Star. They may be the lowest of the gutter rags, but when reporting a story as important as this, at least find a writer who can spell, understands basic grammar and knows the difference between 'intimated' and 'intimidated'.

Well, The Dude abides.

The Star isn't a bastion of high journalistic standards so don't count on them to even correct such an error. However, it appears they know who the high profile athlete is as they've been specific about her gender. If someone at AK has leaked the names, the clues should be on Twitter shortly because Kenyans are awful at keeping secrets.

This can't be true. Rojo says that Canova says that Rosa runs a clean operation.

kendopers wrote:

My 5:

Biwott

Joyciline Jepkosgei

Sarah Chepchirchir

Purity (won the Paris marathon)

Priscah Jeptoo

All part of the Rosa family, I believe.

Roger Stone wrote:

Still waiting for them to stop protecting folks like Rudisha, Kipchoge and so on, but that's a long ways off. Many years off due to politics. But the truth will come out some day.

Because Kenya is more powerful than the rest of the world combined and none of their athletes can run fast, clean.

Hey...just wait a minute here. I thought the Russians (and a few Turks) were the only ones doping? Now the Kenyans? First super-elite & Olympic marathon champion Sumgong, and now possibly several more top elites to come? What's the world coming to? I thought the Kenyans didn't need to resort to such measures because they're altitude-natives, living & training in Kenya and that? You know...natural talent far superior to anyone else.

All well...if this turns out to be another Kenyan doping scandal, let's just keep the Russians banned because we wouldn't want any fairness applied here, because it's only the Russians who would be so low to cheat 😄

Well; if its a big name it should be either someone from rio or a top marathoner.

This is all very fantastic news as it keeps the spotlight off of the doping in Britain. Brilliant move, Sir Coe.

Good. About time. There are likely at least a couple of hundred more. East Africa is rife with cheating and doping. Been especially obvious the last 15-20 yrs.

WaitAndSee wrote:

Well; if its a big name it should be either someone from rio or a top marathoner.

....and if it's another Olympic champion that would nothing short of catastrophic for Kenya?

fake winnings wrote:

Good. About time. There are likely at least a couple of hundred more. East Africa is rife with cheating and doping. Been especially obvious the last 15-20 yrs.

Be careful with that...if you're referring to "elites," Canova says NO!

The story is fake news. There is one additional Kenyan busted for doping NOT five