Boston Marathon organiser to pay runners affected by doping offenders

The Boston Athletic Association (BAA) has confirmed that it will be paying prize money to athletes who finished behind doping offenders at their races, including the Boston Marathon.

NEW YORK -

The organiser of the world's oldest annual marathon said on Nov 26 that it was in the process of contacting athletes entitled to prizes after their results were re-ranked due to disqualification.

The payouts would apply to runners since 1986, when BAA first introduced prize money.

"While the multi-step process to reclaim and redistribute prize money has been complex and time-consuming for all involved, we have worked and continue to work diligently towards a resolution that supports clean athletes.

"Athletes will receive the prize money they rightfully earned at our races with these payments," BAA president and chief executive officer Jack Fleming said in a statement.