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The World Marathon Majors announced on Friday (31st October) that it had postponed its upcoming awards ceremony in which Rita Jeptoo was due to be awarded the $500,000 US dollars women's prize following a report the Kenyan had returned a positive test for a banned substance.

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The World Marathon Majors have announced the postponement of this weekend's WMM Awards Ceremony in which Rita Jeptoo was due to collect the women's prize of $500,000 US dollars.

Jeptoo won the Boston and Chicago marathons this year and according to a statement from the WMM the decision was taken following a report that the 33-year-old had returned a
positive A-sample during out of competition testing in September.