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SPORTS THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2016 7A Anti-doping probe targets Russian $VWRULDDWKOHWHV agent behind Kenyan runners dominate meet $JHQW¶VVWUDWHJ\ LQYROYHGVPDOO 86URDGUDFHV By JOHN LEICESTER and EDDIE PELLS Associated Press 1(:3257 .\ ² /DULVD 0LNKD\ORYD¶V EXVLQHVV PRGHO LV VLPSOH ,Q H[FKDQJH IRU D FXW RI WKHLU SUL]HV VKH HQWHUV .HQ\DQ UXQQHUV LQWR IDUÀXQJ 86URDGUDFHVWKDWDUHVPDOO HQRXJKWREHZLQQDEOHEXWVWLOO ODUJH HQRXJK WR RIIHU PRGHVW FDVKUHZDUGVWRWRS¿QLVKHUV 7KRVH VPDOOHU UDFHV XVX DOO\ FDQ¶W DIIRUG H[SHQVLYH GUXJWHVWLQJ $Q LQYHVWLJDWLRQ E\ 86 DQWLGRSLQJ RI¿FLDOV DQG WUDFN¶V ZRUOG JRYHUQLQJ ERG\ LQWR GLVWDQFH UXQQHUV IURP .HQ\D KDV QRZ ]HURHG LQ RQ WKH5XVVLDQDJHQWZKRVHUDF HUVKDYHKDGDUHPDUNDEOHVXF FHVV UDWH EXW DOVR D VWULQJ RI SRVLWLYH GUXJ WHVWV QHDUO\ DOO DW UDFHV LQ 0H[LFR 0LNKD\ ORYD LQVLVWV VKH LV EODPHOHVV EXWVRPH86UDFHVDUHUHIXV LQJWRZRUNZLWKKHUJURXSRI DWKOHWHV :KHQ .HQ\DQ UXQQHU /LO LDQ 0DULLWD ¿QLVKHG VHFRQG DW WKH *UHDW %XIIDOR &KDVH .RQ-XO\LQ)UDQN IRUW .HQWXFN\ VKH SLFNHG XS %XW KHU ZKROH ZD\ RI OLIH ² FRPSHWLQJ LQ VPDOO UDFHV DFURVV WKH 86 DQG VHQGLQJZLQQLQJVKRPHWRKHU SRRUYLOODJHLQZHVWHUQ.HQ\D ²FUXPEOHG 1RUPDOO\ WKH 86 $QWL'RSLQJ $JHQF\ ZRXOG KDYH QR UHDVRQ WR SROLFH WKH UDFH7KLVWLPHDFWLQJRQDWLS GUXJWHVWHUVZHUHZDLWLQJDQG VWHURLGV ZHUH IRXQG LQ 0DULL WD¶VXULQHVDPSOH7KH\HDU ROGZDVEDQQHGIRUHLJKW\HDUV WKHORQJHVWRIDQ\.HQ\DQUXQ QHUDQGLVQRZEDFNLQKHUYLO ODJHRI1\DUDPED ³, XVHG WR UHO\ RQ WKLV IRU PRQH\DQG,GRQ¶WNQRZZKDW LV OHIW IRU PH´ 0DULLWD VDLG VREELQJ LQ WKH PRGHVW KRPH EXLOWZLWKKHU86ZLQQLQJV Investigation targets agent 7UDFN¶V ZRUOG JRYHUQLQJ ERG\ WKH ,QWHUQDWLRQDO $VVR FLDWLRQ RI $WKOHWLFV )HGHUD WLRQV VD\V LW LV LQYHVWLJDWLQJ 0LNKD\ORYD DQG WKH UXQQHUV VKHPDQDJHV ³:H DUH ZRUNLQJ ZLWK 86$'$RQKHUDQGWKDWJURXS LQ SDUWLFXODU´ VDLG .\OH %DU EHU WKH ,$$) RXWRIFRPSH WLWLRQ WHVWLQJ DQG LQWHOOLJHQFH FRRUGLQDWRU ³7KH XOWLPDWH JRDO RI WKLV LQYHVWLJDWLRQ LV WR VWRS KHU ZRUNLQJ WR VWRS KHU EHLQJ DQ DFWLYH DJHQW WR VWRSKHUEHLQJLQYROYHGLQWKH VSRUW´ 7KUHH .HQ\DQV ZKR ZRUNHG ZLWK 0LNKD\ORYD KDYHEHHQFDXJKWGRSLQJVLQFH -\QRFHO %DVZHWL WKH IDWKHU RI 0DULLWD¶V \HDUROG GDXJKWHU WHVWHG SRVLWLYH DW D Daniel Sangjib Min/Richmond Times-Dispatch Lilian Mariita, of Kenya, wins the women’s division of a half-marathon in Richmond, Va., in 2014. 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