Blessing Okagbare’s Doping Ban Extended to 11 Years

Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has given her a one-year ban. Existing 10-year outage Doping violations, avoiding sample collection, tampering with doping management processes. As a result of the additional ban, Nigeria was disqualified from the Women’s 4x100m Relay at the World Championships in Eugene, Oregon.

February, 33 years old Handed over her original ban About “multiple violations of anti-doping rules”. she At first it was interrupted During the Tokyo Olympics after a failed drug test that took place a few days before her event.

“Over the years, we’ve repeatedly seen how one person’s actions can adversely affect teammates who have trained hard for results and worked honestly,” said AIU director. Brett Crochet Said In the statement.. “In this case, Nigeria has lost important qualifications. These are the rules and do not compromise integrity.”

The reason behind the suspension of the Nigerian relay team is that it plays an important role in helping the team enter the World Championships six days after Okagbarre evaded the sample collection on June 13, 2021. Because I did it. All 2021 results involving Okagbare were disqualified. ..

Further bans on Okagbare disqualified Nigeria’s 4×100 relay team’s World Championship qualifying time

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Okagbare won the heat at the 100m of the Tokyo Olympics AIU was excluded from the semi-finals after stating that it tested positive for human growth hormone as a result of an out-of-competition test on July 19, 2021.

She previously won the bronze medal in the 200m at the 2013 World Championships and is a medalist in the Olympics and World Championships in the long jump. She holds her record for the Commonwealth Games at 100 meters 10.85, set in Glasgow in 2014.