VIDEO SHOWS: FILE OF RUTH CHEPNGETICH SHOWS: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE – APRIL 18, 2024) (REUTERS – Access All) 1. WOMEN'S MARATHON WORLD RECORD HOLDER, RUTH CHEPNGETICH (LEFT), POSING FOR PHOTOS OUTSIDE BUCKINGHAM PALACE WITH FORMER RECORD HOLDER, BRIGID KOSGEI, 2. VARIOUS OF CHEPNGETICH AND KOSGEI POSING FOR PHOTOS WITH FORMER RECORD HOLDER TIGST ASSEFA AND 2020 OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALLIST PERES JEPCHIRCHIR 3. ASSEFA, KOSGEI, CHEPNGETICH AND JEPCHIRCHIR ARRIVING AT PRESS CONFERENCE 4. CHEPNGETICH SPEAKING (NOT A SOUNDBITE) 5. PRESS CONFERENCE ONGOING 6. CHEPNGETICH AND KOSGEI CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, UNITED STATES (FILE – OCTOBER 13, 2024) (IMAGN IMAGES – Must courtesy Patrick Gorski-Imagn Images) (MUTE) 7. VARIOUS (TWO) STILLS OF CHEPNGETICH CROSSING CHICAGO MARATHON FINISH LINE AND BREAKING WORLD RECORD WITH NEW TIME OF 2:09:56 8. STILL OF CHEPNGETICH CELEBRATING WITH KENYAN FLAG 9. STILL OF CHEPNGETICH RUNNING WITH FLAG 10. VARIOUS (TWO) STILLS OF CHEPNGETICH POSING NEXT TO DIGITAL CLOCK SHOWING HER RECORD TIME 11. STILL OF CHEPNGETICH HOLDING AND POINTING TO SIGN READING (English): "World Record" ATHENS, GREECE (FILE – NOVEMBER 8, 2019) (TRACKWISE – Access all) 12. CHEPNGETICH GOING ONSTAGE AT ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL MARATHONS AND DISTANCE RACES' (AIMS) BEST MARATHON RUNNER AWARDS AS WOMEN'S WINNER 13. CHEPNGETICH WAVING TO APPLAUDING CROWD 14. WHITE FLASH 15. CHEPNGETICH ONSTAGE TO RECEIVE AWARD STORY: Kenya's women's marathon world record-holder Ruth Chepngetich was banned for three years on Thursday (October 23) after she admitted to anti-doping rule violations but her 2:09:56 mark will remain on the books as it was set before her positive test. Chepngetich, who smashed the record in Chicago last October, was provisionally suspended in July this year by the Athletics Integrity Unit after Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) was detected in a sample collected from the Kenyan athlete on March 14. The sample revealed an HCTZ concentration of 3,800ng/mL, far above the World Anti-Doping Agency's minimum reporting limit of 20ng/mL. Chepngetich initially denied any wrongdoing and could not explain the positive result despite an AIU investigation, which included analysis of her medications, supplements and phone data. However, on July 31, two weeks after Chepngetich was suspended, she changed her explanation, saying she had unknowingly taken her housemaid's medication, which contained HCTZ, while ill. The AIU said HCTZ is used clinically to treat fluid retention and hypertension, adding that diuretics may be abused to mask the presence in urine of other prohibited substances. The AIU said Chepngetich's actions were reckless and indirectly intentional rather than accidental, initially applying a four-year sanction. However, Chepngetich's early admission earned her a one-year reduction, resulting in a three-year ban issued on September 10. (Production: Conal Quinn)
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