Chemos says Sumgong doping case is shameful for Kenya


FILE PHOTO: Gold medallist Milcah Chemos Cheywa poses during the victory ceremony for the women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the IAAF World Athletics Championships at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow August 15, 2013. REUTERS/Grigory Dukor

KISUMU, Kenya (Reuters) - Olympic champion Jemima Sumgong's positive doping test is shameful to Kenyan athletes, her fellow runner Milcah Chemos said on Saturday.

“It is a big shame to us Kenyan athletes and Kenyans in general," Chemos, the 2013 world 3,000m steeplechase champion told Reuters. "We are lost for words.”

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