Kenyan middle-distance runner Esther Gitahi has been banned from athletics for four years after testing positive for erythropoietin (EPO). The ban is retroactive to August 6, 2024, and stems from a urine sample provided at the B.A.A. 5K in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 13, 2024.

• Esther Gitahi, 26, was found to have used and possessed EPO, a prohibited endurance-boosting substance.
• The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), the governing body, announced the ban after the Disciplinary Tribunal ruling.
• Gitahi admitted to using injections but claimed not to know they contained a banned substance, stating they were for suspected thalassemia.