What Are the Long-Term Financial Effects of Doping Marathoners?

February 27, 2025

The Boston Marathon is rewriting the results of the 2016 race after a top-10 runner is found guilty of doping—but for affected runners like Sarah Crouch, some losses can’t be repaid.

On February 13, 2025, marathoner Sarah Crouch got an early valentine from the Boston Athletic Association: an email telling her she had been advanced from 11th place at the 2016 Boston Marathon to 10th due to the removal of third-place finisher Kenyan athlete Joyce Chepkirui, who was disqualified as the result of a doping charge. Run Outside Online