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Nigerian sprinter, Blessing Okagbare, has been banned for a total of 10 years for multiple breaches of anti-doping rules, the Athletics Integrity Unit, AIU, said on Friday.<\/div>\n
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\nOkagbare, who has an Olympic silver medal in long jump from the 2008 Beijing Games, was provisionally suspended before the 100 metres semi-finals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics last year.<\/p>\n

An AIU statement said the sole arbitrator adjudicating the case concluded that Okagbare\u2019s \u201cuse of multiple prohibited substances\u201d was \u201cpart of an organised doping regimen in the lead-up to the Tokyo Olympic Games.\u201d<\/p>\n

This \u201cegregious conduct\u201d led to an increase on the normal four-year sanction.<\/p>\n

The 33-year-old, who denied all charges, was given a five-year ban for returning doping tests positive for EPO as well as Human Growth Hormone.<\/p>\n

She was then handed an additional five-year ban for refusing to cooperate with an AIU investigation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe welcome the decision of the Disciplinary Tribunal. A ban of 10 years is a strong message against intentional and co-ordinated attempts to cheat at the very highest level of our sport,\u201d said AIU chief, Brett Clothier.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an outcome that was driven by our intelligence-led target testing as well as our commitment to investigate the circumstances behind a positive test.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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