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Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) is on its toes as Nigeria risks being striped of the women’s 4x100m relay gold won at the 2022 Commonwealth Games (CWG) in Birmingham.
This is owed to a letter by the World Anti-Doping Agency, alerting the AFN that an athlete in the team failed a doping test.
While the B Sample is still being awaited, the gold winning team comprising of Tobi Amusan, Rosemary Chukwuma, Favour Ofili and Grace Nwokocha, may lose the medal if the yet to be named athlete is found guilty.
Speaking to Punch Newspaper on the development on Saturday, president of AFN, Tonobok Okowa said;
“The letter from the World Anti-Doping Agency just reached the federation today (Friday) and we are shocked to hear this for the first time. We risk being stripped of the 4x100m Commonwealth Games gold we won in Birmingham.
“But we will carry out our investigation. Although an athlete is responsible for anything that has to do with doping, this is not a good development for us.”
The AFN boss, however, declined to mention the name of the athlete involved, saying the AFN would make a public statement after concluding its investigation.
“No, I can’t disclose the identity of the athlete now because we need to confirm exactly what happened and conclude on our findings before making a public statement.
“The matter is still being investigated and it’s not yet confirmed. What we got is notification letter, so, that everybody concerned will be ready for their defence, “ AFN head coach Seigha Porbeni added.
