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Nigeria is the biggest loser after sprinter Blessing Okagbare received an additional ban for doping.
Nigerian Athletics has suffered a big loss after star sprinter Blessing Okagbare was handed an extra one-year ban for doping.
Okagbare will now be out from the Athletics scene for 11 years after an extra year was added to the previous 10-year ban.
The 33-year-old was charged by the Athletics Integrity Unit, AIU, for "evading sample collection and tampering with doping control process," as per the BBC.
It will be recalled that early last year, Okagbare was practically retired when she was handed a 10-year suspension from Athletics for "multiple breaches of anti-doping rules".
The Nigerian Athletics queen also missed the 2021 Tokyo Olympics after failing a drug test.
Nigeria loses World Championship spot due to Okagbare's ban
With the additional ban on the sprinter, Okagbare, Nigeria is now the biggest loser having lost its potential qualification place in the World Championship slated for July.
The Nigerian women's 4x100 relay team will not be competing at the event scheduled for next month in Oregon after Okagbare helped the country to qualify.
Okagbare was part of the relay team that competed in the Nigerian Olympic trials back in June 13, 2021, just six days after she evaded sample collection for tests.
Nigeria picked the relay ticket in that trials but will not be disqualified due to the additional ban.
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