Top Kenyan runners call Jepchirchir doping case “so shameful”

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Leading Kenyan runners have voiced dismay over a doping case involving an athlete named Jepchirchir, the Daily Nation reported on Friday. One reaction quoted by the paper called the case "so shameful".

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Top Kenyan runners have reacted with dismay to a doping case involving an athlete named Jepchirchir, the Daily Nation reported on Friday. The paper's headline quoted the runners' reaction: "so shameful".

The headline does not say which athletes spoke or which Jepchirchir is involved. Nor does it explain what the doping case involves. It gives no details of any charge or sanction and does not mention any response from the athlete.

Sources Daily Nation

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