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Marathon world record holder Ruth Chepngetich has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit after testing positive for Hydrochlorothiazide in a test on March 14th. Hydrochlorothiazide can be used to mask the presence of banned drugs. The minimum reporting concentration is 20 ng/mL. The AIU notes she had an estimated concentration of 3800 ng/mL in urine. The positive test …

Jul 17, 2025, 11:50 AM ET MONACO — Women’s marathon world-record holder Ruth Chepngetich was provisionally suspended for a positive doping test Thursday. Track and field’s Athletics Integrity Unit said Chepngetich tested positive for a banned diuretic and masking agent in March and “opted for a voluntary provisional suspension while the AIU’s investigation was ongoing.” The Kenyan runner set the …

Marathon world record-holder Ruth Chepngetich has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for a doping violation. Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ), a diuretic that is included on the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) banned list, was found in a sample of Chepngetich’s urine collected on March 14, five days after she finished second in the Lisbon Half Marathon with a …