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Marathon Champion Chepngetich Handed 36-month Ban
Ruth Chepngetich exceeded Ethiopian Tigst Assefa's women's marathon world record by about two minutes at the Chicago Marathon in the year 2024.
Female long-distance global champion Ruth Chepngetich has been banned for 36 months after the Kenyan acknowledged anti-doping infractions.
Chepngetich was provisionally suspended in the seventh month following a failed test for a banned substance - a banned diuretic often utilized as a masking agent - on March 14.
Chepngetich's accomplishments which occurred before that test - including her world record time of 2:09:56 in the Chicago event in October 2024 - will remain valid.
The sports governing body had sought a four-year ban but the runner's punishment was lowered to 36 months because she admitted to the infractions.
Nonetheless, the AIU will keep examining evidence from Chepngetich's phone which it found indicate "strong grounds that her failed test may have been deliberate" - including communications from as early as 2022.
"This matter concerning the positive test for the substance has been resolved, but the unit will keep looking into the suspicious material recovered from Chepngetich's device to determine if any other violations have occurred."
'No one is exempt from regulations'
When interviewed in April by the AIU, the marathoner, the first woman to run a marathon in less than 2 hours 10 minutes, was unable to give an explanation for the positive test.
Although HCTZ has a minimum reporting level of 20 ng/mL in urine, Chepngetich's test showed an approximate level of 3,800 ng/mL.
Traces of the diuretic below the minimal reporting level were also identified in a sample taken from the runner 14 days prior, on February 28.
At a subsequent meeting on 11 July, the record holder was shown the aforementioned suspicious evidence acquired from her phone. In the meantime, accidental exposure had also been ruled out by the authority.
The athlete changed her explanation on July 31, claiming that she had taken her housemaid's medication - labeled as being HCTZ - after becoming ill 48 hours prior to the positive test.
The AIU had "major doubts about the credibility of the new version of events" and, in the framework of the sport's anti-doping rules, such "carelessness" is considered "implied intention, for which an increased four-year penalty is applicable".
An standard 12-month decrease was granted after Chepngetich admitted the doping breaches inside the 20 days required.
The three-year ban started on April 19 - when Chepngetich accepted a voluntary provisional suspension - with the competitor's performances, awards, championships, participation and prize money from March 14 lost.
"Nobody is exempt from regulations."
"While unfortunate for those who put their trust in this runner, this is how the system is designed to operate."
"The road-running industry should be commended for jointly supporting anti-doping efforts capable of uncovering substance abuses committed by elite athletes in their races."
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