Rita Jeptoo tests positive for EPO.

[iwuzwilson]

2:18 marathoner Rita Jeptoo of Kenya has a positive A sample. B is pending. Awards for world marathon majors championships are pending.

[nadra's babydaddy]

[Eco Ellen]

I used this as a vehicle to discuss cheating, drugs, and athletics with my kids and to help them understand the intent of sports. That it's to see what the human body can accomplish, not what drugs can make you do.

They got it pretty easily, at ages 12 and 8. My oldest said "if you use drugs to win, it's not even you."

i was happy.

[No Disrespect Whatsoever]

B sample will most likely clear here. East Africans don't have to cheat like mzungus do, they are naturally gifted and work their butts off. Plus they smile a lot and are plain nice people, you can tell they would never choose the needle (and I heard they are actually afraid of needles). If Jeptoo was dirty it's probably because she unknowingly took a pill or got a shot that her coach gave her and said was vitamins or something. Kenyans and Ethopians are not like the Chinese, German and Russian she-men drugging like there is no tomorrow and putting records far out of reach. Add Radcliffe too, dirty as the sky is blue. But this? Has to be a lab error or something.

[Pobody's Nerfect]

I'm for using whatever you can to win and the role of doctors should be to ensure the health of the athletes.

I'm not sure that children who parrot their parents sentiments is much of an accomplishment.

It's probably genetic and there's nothing to be done about it.