Doping Violation: Nigeria Stripped Of Women’s Relay Commonwealth Gold

• Nigeria’s women’s 4x100m relay team has been disqualified from the 2022 Commonwealth Games after Grace Nwokocha tested positive for a prohibited substance
• England’s women’s 4x100m relay team will be upgraded from silver to gold medalists
• This means that Team England has retained their women’s 4x100m relay title, which they won four years ago in Gold Coast

Nigeria’s name has been added to the annals of history, albeit on a negative note, after the African giants were stripped of the gold medal they won in the Women’s Relay at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham last year.

Tobi Amusan, Favour Ofili, Rosemary Chukwuma, and Grace Nwokocha finished in 42.10s to set a Personal Best and win Gold.

Nwokocha, on the other hand, was suspended after testing positive for a prohibited substance.

Nwokocha famously dipped to the line on the anchor leg to beat the hosts, England and put her team on top of the podium.

According to the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), the 21-year-old tested positive for ostarine and ligandrol.

Following the completion of investigations, the England women’s 4x100m relay team is set to be upgraded from silver to gold medallists after it was confirmed that the original winners, Nigeria, had been disqualified due to an Anti-Doping Rule Violation.

Team England’s relay squad of Asha Philip, Ashleigh Nelson, Bianca Williams, Daryll Neita, and Imani-Lara Lansiquot finished in 42.41 seconds, breaking the previous best time in England colours (42.46) at the Commonwealth Games.

This means that Team England has retained their women’s 4x100m relay title, which they won four years ago in Gold Coast, where Asha Philip and Bianca Williams were also members of the squad.

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The former Al-Hilal striker made the disclosure in an interview with popular football journalist, Oma Akatugba.

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