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Olympic steeplechase, high jump champions face doping charges

Rio Olympic steeplechase champion and world-record holder Ruth Jebet has been suspended since February for testing positive for EPO, the IAAF’s doping watchdog organization confirmed Friday.

Ivan Ukhov, the 2012 Olympic high jump champion, has had a pending doping case since April based on evidence from Richard McLaren‘s investigation into Russian doping for the World Anti-Doping Agency.

Jebet and Ukhov are two of the biggest names of 109 doping cases published by the Athletics Integrity Unit on Friday. Others, including 2008 Olympic 1500m champion Asbel Kiprop, were already announced.