Nigeria risks losing Commonwealth Games gold over doping
Team Nigeria is at risk of losing one of the gold medals won at this year’s Commonwealth Games (CWG) in Birmingham, England ovet doping allegations, Vondigest can report.
At the games, Nigeria won 12 gold medals — the country’s highest haul in the history of the CWG.
The country also bagged a total of 35 medals and finished as the best-ranked African country on the medals table, placing 7th.
But there are now strong indications that Nigeria may be stripped of the women’s 4x100m relay gold after a member of the quartet allegedly failed a doping test.
The women’s team that won gold in the relay race comprises Tobi Amusan, Rosemary Chukwuma, Favour Ofili, and Grace Nwokocha.
But a top source in the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), who confirmed the report to TheCable on Saturday, said Nwokocha “failed the urine test taken on August 3, 2022.”
The insider added that Nwokocha’s A sample tested “positive for anabolic steroids — ostarine and ligandrol.”
The story is true that Nwokocha failed doping test carried out on her during the just concluded Commonwealth Games,” the source said.
“We are all shocked by this turn of event. After celebrating a glorious outing by the nation at the just concluded Games and this is coming up. It’s so sad, to be honest.
Source: The Cable
