Former half-marathon world record holder Kibiwott Kandie is suspended while under investigation for failing to provide a doping sample, the Athletics Integrity Unit said Friday. Track and field’s investigation body said Kandie has been charged with “evading,

The world half-marathon record has been lowered twice since then–first by Yomif Kejelcha, who ran 57:30 at Valencia last October, and again in February, when Jacob Kiplimo of Uganda ran 56:42 in Barcelona. Kandie’s time remains the Kenyan national record over the distance.

Former half-marathon world record holder Kibiwott Kandie is suspended while under investigation for failing to provide a doping sample, the Athletics Integrity Unit said.

Kenyan Kibiwott Kandie, a former runner-up in the world half marathon, has been provisionally suspended for an anti- doping violation. The Independent Atletics Integrity Unit said in a statement on Friday that the 28-year-old was being sanctioned for "evading,