Ladies’s marathon world record-holder Ruth Chepngetich has been provisionally suspended after a optimistic doping take a look at.
The transfer was introduced by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) on Thursday after the take a look at end result was reported to them on 3 April.
The Kenyan runner had given a urine pattern on 14 March which was discovered to comprise a banned diuretic, the AIU stated.
The substance that Chepngetich examined optimistic for, hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ), can be utilized to disguise using performance-enhancing medication.
HCTZ works by lowering the quantity of water within the physique by rising the circulation of urine
Chepngetich opted for a “voluntary provisional suspension” on 19 April “while the AIU’s investigation was ongoing”, the unit stated.
She was interviewed in individual in Kenya in April and “complied with requests regarding our investigation”, AIU official Brett Clothier stated in an announcement.
The AIU gave no timetable for a disciplinary case for the 30-year-old runner.
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Chepngetich set the ladies’s world marathon document 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.
