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Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare out of women’s 100m semis after doping ban

  • Okagbare tested positive for human growth hormone on 19 July
  • Sprinter, 32, had been due to race Dina Asher-Smith in semi-final

Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare is out of the Tokyo Olympics after being handed a provisional doping ban on the day of her 100 metres semi-final.

The Athletics Integrity Unit announced that Okagbare had “tested positive for human growth hormone” in an out-of-competition test on 19 July.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/3fcQTtq

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