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Olympic silver medallist Blessing Okagbare banned for ten years for multiple anti-doping breaches

Blessing Okagbare has been banned from athletics for ten years after committing multiple anti-doping offences. The Nigerian, who won silver in the long jump at 2008 and is a two-time Commonwealth champion on the track, was found to have both used prohibited substances and failed to co-operate with an investigation into her case. Ad/> The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) thus levied two consecutive five-year bans.

Former Olympic medallist handed 10-year doping ban after failing to co-operate with AIU

Nigerian sprinter and long jumper Blessing Okagbare has been handed a 10-year ban for the use of multiple prohibited substances and for her refusal to co-operate with the Athletics Integrity Unit’s (AIU) investigation.

Winter Olympics: GB's Mica McNeill says something went 'drastically wrong' in two-woman bobsleigh

Mica McNeill said something went «drastically wrong» after a disappointing start to the two-woman bobsleigh left Great Britain out of contention with two heats remaining.

Nigeria's Okagbare banned for 10 years by AIU for doping at Tokyo Olympics

Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare has been banned for 10 years for doping in the lead-up to the Tokyo Olympics and refusing to co-operate with the investigation, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Friday (Feb 18), effectively ending her career.

Winter Olympics 2022 - Russian Olympic Committee through to ice hockey gold-medal match after beating Sweden in shootout

The Russian Olympic Committee beat Sweden on penalties after the tightest of matches to send the nation through to the men's ice hockey final. In a cagey first period, both sides failed to capitalise on a two-minute man advantage after the ROC's Vladimir Tkachyov was dismissed for slashing and Sweden's Dennis Everberg for tripping.

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Olympic silver medallist Blessing Okagbare banned for ten years for multiple anti-doping breaches

Former Olympic medallist handed 10-year doping ban after failing to co-operate with AIU

Winter Olympics: GB's Mica McNeill says something went 'drastically wrong' in two-woman bobsleigh

Nigeria's Okagbare banned for 10 years by AIU for doping at Tokyo Olympics

Winter Olympics 2022 - Russian Olympic Committee through to ice hockey gold-medal match after beating Sweden in shootout

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Former Olympic medallist Blessing Okagbare gets 10-year doping ban for multiple violations