Marathon WR holder suspended over doping test

MONACO -- Women's marathon satellite record-holder Ruth Chepngetich was provisionally suspended for a affirmative doping test, way and field's Athletics Integrity Unit said Thursday.

Chepngetich tested affirmative for a banned diuretic and masking cause successful March and "opted for a voluntary provisional suspension portion the AIU's probe was ongoing," the investigators said.

The Kenyan runner acceptable the satellite grounds by astir 2 minutes astatine the Chicago Marathon past October successful 2 hours, 9 minutes, 56 seconds.

The AIU gave nary timetable for a disciplinary case.