17/07/2025
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17/07/2025
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In this file photo, Ruth Chepngetich, from Kenya, crosses the finish line of the Chicago Marathon to win the women's professional division and break the women's marathon world record in Grant Park. ( AP)
MONACO, July 17, (AP): Women’s marathon world record-holder Ruth Chepngetich was provisionally suspended for a positive doping test, track and field’s Athletics Integrity Unit said on Thursday. Chepngetich tested positive for a banned diuretic and masking agent in March and "opted for a voluntary provisional suspension while the AIU’s investigation was ongoing,” the investigators said.
The Kenyan runner set the world record by almost two minutes at the Chicago Marathon last October in 2 hours, 9 minutes, 56 seconds.
The AIU gave no timetable for a disciplinary case.
