Namibia: Marathon World Record Holder Chepngetich Gets Three-Year Doping Ban

Kenya’s marathon world record holder, Ruth Chepngetich has been banned for three years for doping, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced on Thursday.

The 31-year-old, a former world marathon champion and a three-time winner of the Chicago Marathon, tested positive for the banned diuretic hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) in March. She had been provisionally banned from July.

AIU chair David Howman said that the case against Chepngetich underlined that “nobody is above the rules”.

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