The organisers of the world's six biggest marathons and the new international anti-doping body announced on Tuesday a new programme to finance the fight against the practice.
World Marathon Majors (WMM), which organises events in London, New York, Chicago, Boston, Tokyo and Berlin will fund the hiring of an extra investigator as well as an increase in resources to target the world's best long-distance runners.
"This is a priority because the commercial success of road running," said Brett Clothier, the head of the independent Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) founded in 2017.
"Road running in athletics is the most lucrative, they are the races offering the most prize money around the world and so therefore there is a high risk of doping."
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