Marathon world recorder Ruth Chepngetich has been temporarily closed due to a positive doping test. As the Athletic Integrity Unit (AIU) announced on Thursday (July 17th, 2025), the diuretic hydrochlorothiazide was demonstrated by the Kenyan during a rehearsal from March.
The remedy is prohibited because it can be used, among other things, to hide other forbidden substances. Chepngetich had set up a fable world record in 2:09:56 hours in Chicago in October 2024. The 30-year-old had undercut the old record of the Ethiopian Tigist Asefa (2:11:53 hours) by almost two minutes and caused a lot of sensation.
As the AIU also announced, on April 3, 2025, it was informed about the positive test, which was taken on March 14. On April 16, ChepnGetich was informed about the result and asked about the fact that the runner decided three days later for a voluntary preliminary ban, explained the AIU chairman Brett Clothier. At this point, however, the investigation would still have been.
“In the months since then, the AIU continued its investigation and today issued a message about the indictment and imposed its own preliminary lock”, “ So keep on. The AIU did not provide any information about the further procedure. She only announced that Chepngetich had the right to be heard to the case before a disciplinary tribunal.