{"id":84263,"date":"2021-07-31T11:15:24","date_gmt":"2021-07-31T10:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=84263"},"modified":"2021-07-31T11:15:24","modified_gmt":"2021-07-31T10:15:24","slug":"blessing-okagbare-suspended-for-doping-out-of-tokyo-2020-olympics-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/blessing-okagbare-suspended-for-doping-out-of-tokyo-2020-olympics-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Blessing Okagbare suspended for doping, out of Tokyo 2020 Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1706792675209117711\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Nigerian top athlete, Blessing Okagbare, has been \u201cprovisionally\u201d suspended for doping on Saturday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Athletics Integrity Unit made this known in a press statement, saying that the 32-year-old Nigerian athlete tested positive for a banned substance \u2013 human growth hormone.<\/p>\n<p>The anti-doping body said Okagbare tested positive for the prohibited substance in an out-of-competition test on July 19 \u2013 four days before the Olympics opened.<\/p>\n<p>The results of that test were only received by track and field\u2019s anti-doping body late Friday after Okagbare, who won her heat in 11.05seconds, qualified for the semifinals of women\u2019s 100m race at the Olympics<\/p>\n<p>With the suspension, Okagbare will no longer compete at the Tokyo Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>The statement read, \u201cThe Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has provisionally suspended Blessing Okagbare of Nigeria today with immediate effect after a sample collected from the sprinter tested positive for human Growth Hormone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrowth Hormone is a non-specified substance on the 2021 World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Prohibited List and a provisional suspension is mandatory following an adverse analytical finding for such substance under the World Athletics Anti-Doping Rules.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe AIU collected the sample from Ms. Okagbare during an out-of-competition test on 19 July. 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe athlete was notified of the adverse analytical finding and of her provisional suspension this morning in Tokyo. She was scheduled to participate in the semi-finals of the women\u2019s 100m this evening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe AIU will make no further comment on this matter at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another setback for Team Nigeria\u2019s medal search Okagbare is one of Nigeria\u2019s brightest chances of a medal at the Tokyo Olympics and the country is still in search of medal eight days after the competition started.<\/p>\n<p>Okagbare and Grace Nwokocha were expected to face daunting tasks of reaching the final of the women\u2019s 100m at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics on Saturday.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigerian top athlete, Blessing Okagbare, has been \u201cprovisionally\u201d suspended for doping on Saturday. 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