Blessing Okagbare suspended from athletics hours to Olympics 100m semi-final race

Ms Okagbare has been notified of the finding and of her provisional suspension. She is yet to comment..............................

has released the statement below announcing the suspension of Blessing Okagbare, one of Nigeria’s brightest medal hopefuls in the ongoing Tokyo 2021 Olympics., a race she would have participated in this Saturday evening.

But with AIU`s announcement this morning, her participation in the ongoing global sporting feista may have ended.The Athletics Integrity Unit has provisionally suspended Blessing Okagbare of Nigeria today with immediate effect after a sample collected from the sprinter tested positive for human Growth Hormone.Prohibited List and a provisional suspension is mandatory following an adverse analytical finding for such substance under the World Athletics Anti-Doping Rules.The WADA-accredited laboratory that analysed the sample notified the AIU of the adverse analytical finding at mid-day Central European Time yesterday, Friday 30 July.

The athlete was notified of the adverse analytical finding and of her provisional suspension this morning in Tokyo.

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