Kenya's NY marathon champ Albert Korir gets drug suspension

Korir, 31, tested positive for the synthetic form of erythropoietin (EPO) that stimulates red blood cell production, the World Athletics Integrity Unit said. He won the 2021 New York marathon in a time of 2:08:22, and came third in 2023 with a personal best time of 2:06:57, and he won the Ottawa marathon in 2019 and 2025. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said in October that Kenya had made "significant" progress in tackling doping but the country remains on a six-month probation while it seeks to improve its monitoring.