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Long-distance running Champion Chepngetich Given Three-Year Suspension
Ruth Chepngetich exceeded the previous Tigst Assefa's female marathon world record by about two minutes at the marathon event in Chicago in the year 2024.
Female long-distance world record-holder the athlete has been banned for 36 months after the runner confessed to doping infractions.
The record holder was temporarily banned in the seventh month following a positive test for a banned substance - a banned diuretic used commonly as a concealing drug - on 14 March.
Chepngetich's accomplishments which occurred before that test - such as her global best performance of two hours, nine minutes and 56 seconds in the Chicago event in October 2024 - will remain valid.
The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) had requested a four-year ban but the 31-year-old punishment was reduced to three years because she confessed to the violations.
Nonetheless, the AIU will continue to investigate evidence from the athlete's phone which it found suggest "a reasonable suspicion 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 settled, but the AIU will continue to investigate the suspicious material recovered from the runner's phone to ascertain if any further infractions have taken place."
'No one is exempt from regulations'
When interviewed in the fourth month by the integrity body, Chepngetich, the first woman to run a marathon in less than 2 hours 10 minutes, was unable to give an reason for the failed test.
While the substance has a lowest detectable limit of 20 ng/mL in samples, Chepngetich's test showed an approximate level of 3800 ng/mL.
Traces of the diuretic below the minimal reporting level were also identified in a sample collected from Chepngetich two weeks earlier, on February 28.
At a subsequent meeting on 11 July, the record holder was shown the previously mentioned questionable proof obtained from her mobile. 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 - marked as being HCTZ - after becoming ill 48 hours prior to the positive test.
The AIU had "serious reservations about the reliability of the revised account" and, in the framework of the athletics' doping regulations, such "recklessness" is considered "indirect intent, for which an increased four-year penalty is applicable".
An automatic one-year reduction was applied after the runner confessed to the doping rule violations within the specified 20-day period.
The three-year ban started on 19 April - when the athlete agreed to a temporary ban - with the competitor's results, honors, titles, participation and earnings since 14 March forfeited.
"Nobody is above the rules."
"While disappointing for those who had faith in this athlete, this is how the system is designed to operate."
"The road-running industry should be commended for jointly supporting doping prevention capable of uncovering doping violations committed by elite athletes in their events."
Julie Myers
Marlon Vance is a seasoned sports analyst with over a decade of experience in betting markets, specializing in data-driven predictions and strategy development.
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