Observe and area’s Athletics Integrity Unit droop Ruth Chepngetich after report marathon runner’s constructive doping check.
Girls’s marathon world record-holder Ruth Chepngetich has been provisionally suspended for a constructive doping check.
Observe and area’s Athletics Integrity Unit mentioned on Thursday that 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 report by virtually two minutes on the Chicago Marathon final October in 2 hours, 9 minutes, 56 seconds. 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 particular person in Kenya in April and “complied with requests concerning our investigation”, AIU official Brett Clothier mentioned in a press release.
The substance Chepngetich examined constructive for, hydrochlorothiazide or HCTZ, can be utilized to disguise the usage of performance-enhancing medication.