Team Nigeria’s Divine Oduduru has been disqualified from
Heat 5 of men’s 100m for a false start at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Meanwhile, Ese Itsekiri representing the country in the 100
metres at the Olympics qualified for the semi-final after finishing 3rd
respectively in his heat.
Itsekiri finished in 10.15 seconds in the first heat.
Divine Oduduru has a personal best of 9.86 seconds.
This is coming after Blessing Okagbare was barred from the
Olympics after failing a drug test, the first doping case of the Tokyo games
track and field competition, officials said Saturday.
The Athletics Integrity Unit said in a statement that
Okagbare, who won her opening heat of the women’s 100m on Friday, had tested
positive for human growth hormone.
The out-of-competition test was conducted on July 19, the
AIU said. Okagbare was notified of the test results early Saturday.
Former Commonwealth Games gold medallist Okagbare, 32, won
her heat in 11.05sec on Friday.
Okagbare’s suspension is the latest twist in a troubled
track and field campaign at the Olympics for Nigeria.
On Thursday, the AIU said 10 Nigerian athletes were among 18
competitors prevented from entering competition in Tokyo after failing to meet
requirements for out-of-competition testing.
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