{"id":63703,"date":"2021-07-28T21:08:15","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T20:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=63703"},"modified":"2021-07-28T21:58:05","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T20:58:05","slug":"just-in-ten-nigerian-athletes-ban-from-tokyo-olympic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/07\/28\/just-in-ten-nigerian-athletes-ban-from-tokyo-olympic\/","title":{"rendered":"JUST IN: Ten Nigerian athletes banned from Tokyo Olympic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ten Nigerian athletes have been disqualified from participating at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Japan by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU).<\/p>\n<p>The athletes were said to have failed to meet the minimum testing requirements under Rule 15 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/06\/23\/anti-doping-rule-olympic-swimming-champion-sun-yang-banned-for-four-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anti-Doping<\/a> Rules for \u2018Category A\u2019 federations.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018Category A\u2019 federations comprises of those that are said to have the highest doping risk and considered as a threat to the overall integrity of the sport.<\/p>\n<p>The independent Athletic body, (AIU) charged with managing all issues of integrity, including doping and non-doping cases disclosed this in a press statement.<\/p>\n<p>The AIU disclosed that out of 18 athletes ruled ineligible to compete at the Tokyo Olympics, Nigeria dominate the list with 10 athletes.<\/p>\n<p>One of the major requirements of Rule 15 is that \u201can athlete from a \u2018Category A\u2019 country must undergo at least three no-notice out-of-competition tests (urine and blood) conducted not longer than 3 weeks interval apart in the 10 months before a major event.<\/p>\n<p>That is only when they would be qualified to represent their national team at the World Athletics Championships or the Olympic Games.<\/p>\n<p>However, Nigeria with no major doping cases was included in Category A at the start of 2020 following a continued period of weak domestic testing levels, according to the AIU website.<\/p>\n<p>David Howman, Chairman of AIU called on countries to play active role in the fight against doping.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ten Nigerian athletes have been disqualified from participating at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Japan by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU). 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