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When Ruth Chepngetich annihilated the women’s marathon world record in Chicago two years ago today, NBC’s commentators compared it to the moon landing. “Bring it on Neil Armstrong!” cried one. “She has done things in this sport that we have not seen,” said another. “Unbelievable!”That was a word others reached for too after the Kenyan had crossed the line in 2hr 9min 56sec, a time that not only smashed the world record by 1min 57sec, but her personal best by a staggering five minutes. Afterwards she was asked by Robert Johnson of Let’s Run what her response was to those who believed she must be doping. “People must talk,” she replied. “I don’t know.”We know a lot more now. Because five months after that epic run, Chepngetich’s star came crashing down to earth. First she failed a doping test. Then she was banned for three years. These days people in the sport talk about her reluctantly, like a family member who has joined a mysterious cult. Yet her world record still stands because she passed a test after the race itself. What should we think of this? What are we allowed legally to say about this? And what, if anything, can be done about it?

The world’s oldest man João Marinho Neto (Brazil) is celebrating his 114th birthday today! And in a beautiful display of friendship from across the world, he and the world’s second oldest man, Australia’s Ken Weeks, have sent birthday wishes to each other, each posing with homemade signs for their birthday twin.