Sports Briefing | Doping: Longer Ban Sought for Rita Jeptoo

The International Association of Athletics Federations has asked sport’s highest court to double a two-year ban for doping imposed on Rita Jeptoo, a Boston and Chicago Marathon winner. She tested positive for the blood-booster EPO in a sample taken while training last September, several weeks before winning her second straight Chicago Marathon title. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said in a statement that the I.A.A.F. wanted a four-year ban “due to aggravating circumstances.”