The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has expressed shock over the provisional suspension of Team Nigeria top athlete and medal prospect, Blessing
Okagbare who won her 100m heat with 11.05 seconds to reach the semifinal on Friday and was drawn in the first semifinal heat alongside two heavyweights of the event, Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica and Great Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith for today heat, was suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit after a sample collected from the sprinter tested positive for human ‘Growth Hormone’.
The AIU in the press release says the Nigerian 100/200m record holder has been provisionally suspended with immediate effect after a sample collected from the 32-year-old tested positive for human Growth Hormone.
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