Young Nigeria Athlete Thrown Out Of The Rio Olympics 4×400m Women's Relay Due To Doping

The International Association of Athletics Federation(IAAF) have thrown  Nigeria's 4×400m women's relay team out of next month's olympic Games in Brazil, complete sports reports.

The disqualification followed Tosin Adeloye's positive drug test at the confederation of African Athletics(CAA) super Grand Prix/Warri Relays in Warri, Delta State on July 24,2015.

Adeloye,20 was a member of the Nigerian quarter that finished 4th in Beijing in August,2015,at the IAAF World Championships.

Her position drug test and subsequently ban for 8 years,  means all the results, she achieved from the period she tested positive, individually and jointed will be annulled.



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