Girls’s marathon world file holder Ruth Chepngetich was provisionally suspended for a constructive doping take a look at on Thursday.
Observe and discipline’s Athletics Integrity Unit stated Chepngetich examined constructive for a banned diuretic and masking agent in March and “opted for a voluntary provisional suspension whereas the AIU’s investigation was ongoing.”
The Kenyan runner set the world record by almost two minutes at the Chicago Marathon last October in two hours, 9 minutes, 56 seconds.
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Ruth Chepngetich of Kenya crosses the end line of the Chicago Marathon to win in world file time. AP
It was her third win in Chicago.
She additionally received the marathon on the 2019 world championships in Qatar, the place the ladies’s race began at midnight to keep away from excessive daytime warmth.
The AIU gave no timetable for a disciplinary case for the 30-year-old runner.
Chepngetich was interviewed in individual in Kenya in April and “complied with requests relating to our investigation”, AIU official Brett Clothier stated in an announcement.
The substance Chepngetich examined constructive for, hydrochlorothiazide or HCTZ, can be utilized to disguise the usage of performance-enhancing medicine.
