There are reports and signs that Nigeria might be loss of one of it’s gold medals won at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. recently.
According to reports, the gold medal won in the 4x100m Women’s event is now under threat after a failed dope test of one of the athletes in the winning quartet of Tobi Amusan, Favour Ofili, Rose Chukwuma, and Grace Nwokocha.
Birmingham’s outing will no longer be the country’s best-ever as widely celebrated, if Nigeria loses the gold medal, while the fanfare and excitement that came with that gold medal and the African record will amount to nothing owing to the doping rules.
It is been said that the doping rule disqualifies any performance in its entirety, even if just a member of the team is guilty of the doping infraction.
Excitedly, Nigeria stands to risk only the relay gold which suggests the culprit is not Tobi Amusan who also won the 100m Women’s hurdles gold.
Meanwhile, the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, AFN is yet to make a public statement on the identity of the erring athlete but an official in the AFN board has told newsmen how devastated they are by the sad turn of events.
The Athletics Integrity Unit, the body in charge of global doping cases, is also yet to make a statement on the matter since the result of the sample is still being awaited.
In a statement issued two weeks before the commencement of the Commonwealth Games, Chair of the Athletics Integrity Unit David Howman, noted that the National Federations must play their part in supporting anti-doping efforts.
Recall , that the AIU in the build-up to the Commonwealth Games has praised Nigeria for its improved effort at combating doping.
Unlike the Tokyo Olympics, where Nigeria had 10 of its athletes barred from competing for failing to do the required number of out-of-competition tests, Nigeria has a clean bill of health in Oregon at the World Championship.
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