Edna Kiplagat: 2013-14 WMM winner
EDNA KIPLAGAT has been confirmed as winner of the Abbott World Marathon Majors Series for 2013-14 after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) doubled RIta Jeptoo’s two-year ban.
Jeptoo, the winner of the Boston and Chicago marathons in 2014, tested positive in September 2014. The Kenyan was banned for two years, but CAS upheld an IAAF appeal requesting a longer ban, citing “aggravating circumstances”, which will end in October 2018.
“We can now finally say that justice has been served and that Edna Kiplagat has received the recognition she deserves,” said AbbottWMM general manager Tim Hadzima.