Kenyan marathon runner Rita Jeptoo arrives at the Athletics Kenya headquarters after failing a doping test, in Kenya's capital Nairobi, January 15, 2015. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya "followed due process" in suspending Chicago and Boston marathon winner Rita Jeptoo for two years for doping but are "open-minded" on governing body IAAF's appeal to double the ban, Athletics Kenya chief executive Isaac Mwangi said.
The International Association of Athletics Federations wants the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to hand Jeptoo a harsher punishment due to "aggravating circumstances which it argues warrant an extended period of ineligibility."
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