Ruth Chepngetich

Ruth Chepng’etich hit with three-year ban after admitting doping offence

Women’s marathon world record-holder Ruth Chepngetich has been banned for three years by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) after admitting to using a banned substance, Afrosport reports. The 31-year-old Kenyan tested positive for the diuretic Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) from a sample collected on 14 March 2025. She was provisionally suspended in July before accepting the charges. Chepngetich, a former World Marathon champion and three-time Chicago Marathon winner,...

Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich confirmed for 2025 London Marathon

Kenya’s marathon queen Chepngetich suspended for anti-doping violations

by Ibikunle Salako

17 July 2025

Ruth Chepngetich, Kenya’s celebrated athlete and current women’s marathon world record holder, has been provisionally suspended for a doping offence by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), Afrosport reports. The 30-year-old tested positive for Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ), a banned substance found in a sample collected from her on 14 March, AIU revealed in a statement. Chepngetich made global headlines when she smashed the marathon world record at the...

Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich confirmed for 2025 London Marathon

by Ibikunle Salako

15 January 2025

Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich, the women’s marathon world record holder, on Wednesday was confirmed as one of the headliners in this year’s London Marathon, Afrosport reports. Chepngetich set a new record in Chicago in October 2024, having clocked two hours, nine minutes and 57 seconds, to run the fastest time by a female athlete in marathon history. The 30-year-old shattered the former record held by Ethiopian Tigst...

Afrosport 2024 Athletics review: Tebogo, Hassan, Alfred rule the track

by Kunle Fayiga

20 December 2024

The 2024 calendar year was an eventful one for Athletics particularly as it had the biggest event in the Paris 2024 Olympics. The global sporting event is incomplete without setting remarkable feats and records and Afrosport takes a lot some of the most noteworthy individuals and the moments that set them apart. Moments of the year Tebogo claims historic 200 metres Olympic gold Letsile Tebogo was...

Tebogo, Chepngetich & Tola in final shortlist for 2024 World Athletics Awards

by Bayo Adegboyega

4 November 2024

Three Africans are in the race for the 2024 World Athletics Awards scheduled to be held in Monaco, France on December 1, Afrosport reports. Olympic 200m champion, Letsile Tebogo of Botswana, is in contention for the Men's Track Athlete of the Year, and has been shortlisted in the category alongside Olympic 500m champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway. Meanwhile, Kenya's long distance runner and world marathon record...

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