Team Nigeria may have run into troubled waters at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics following reports yesterday that 10 of the country’s athletes
A statement from the Athletics Integrity Unit , an independent body created by World Athletics to manage all integrity issues – both doping and non-doping – revealed that a total of 18 athletes have been declared ineligible.
The AIU explained that under the framework of Rule 15 governing National Federation Anti-Doping Obligations, which came into force in January 2019, National Federations are accountable for ensuring appropriate anti-doping measures are in place in their respective jurisdictions.
Efforts to speak with Nigerian officials after the news broke out yesterday were unsuccessful because of the time difference between Nigeria and Japan.EARLIER yesterday, the first Vice President of the Nigeria Olympics Committee , Solomon Ogba, faulted a report that one of the athletes representing Team Nigeria at the Tokyo Olympics, US-based discus thrower, Chioma Onyekwere, was abandoned in a hotel. Ogba described the claim as untrue.
Quoting Chioma’s sister, Pat Onyekwere, the reports further stated: “It’s been almost three days and she has been placed in a hotel away from everyone else in Team Nigeria, outside of the Olympics village, not because of COVID-19, but because we are too lazy to put her on a list to get tested”.“Chioma Onyekwere is not in the Olympics village because you have refused to start the process of testing her.
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