Nigeria may lose CWG gold medal as athlete fails doping test

Nigeria is on the verge of losing the women’s 4x100m relay gold won the recently concluded 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, after a member of the quartet failed a doping test.

The gold winning team is made up of Tobi Amusan, Rosemary Chukwuma, Favour Ofili and Grace Nwokocha.

A report by punchng.com said already the Athletics Federation of Nigeria had been notified of the development by the World Anti-Doping Agency, as the confirmation of the B sample was being awaited.

AFN President Tonobok Okowa was quoted as saying, “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.”

But he 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,” he said.