MONACO — Girls’s marathon world record-holder Ruth Chepngetich was provisionally suspended for a constructive doping check, observe and area’s Athletics Integrity Unit mentioned Thursday.
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 investigators mentioned.
The Kenyan runner set the world document by nearly two minutes on the Chicago Marathon final October in 2 hours, 9 minutes, 56 seconds.
The AIU gave no timetable for a disciplinary case.