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Athletics wishes it could scrub the women’s marathon world record – what can be done? | Sean Ingle
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a sports story. The Guardian Sport is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 13 Oct 2026, 07:00 UTC. The headline in use is “Athletics wishes it could scrub the women’s marathon world record – what can be done? | Sean Ingle”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
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Ruth Chepngetich’s failed doping test, five months after she obliterated the record in 2024, left the sport deeply uneasy but powerless to act When Ruth Chepngetich annihilated the women’s marathon world record in Chicago two years ago today, NBC’s commentators compared it to the moon landing. “Bring it on Neil…
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Athletics wishes it could scrub the women’s marathon world record – what can be done? | Sean Ingle
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