Jebet - born in Kenya but competing for Bahrain - tested positive for the stamina-boosting drug EPO in a sample she gave in December 2017.

She won the Olympic gold in 2016 and was the world record holder at the time she tested positive.

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14 Nov: The National Special Olympics torch is lighting up the bottom of the north this weekend

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05 Oct: Kayak cross Olympic champion Finn Butcher has dipped out on similar success at the Canoe Slalom World Championships in Sydney

01 Oct: New Zealand Olympic hero Finn Butcher has made the semi-finals of the men's Kayak at the Canoe Slalom World Championships in Sydney

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