10 Nigerian Athletes Banned For Failing To Meet Anti-Doping Rules


Ten Nigerian athletes have been announced ineligible to compete at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) made this statement on Wednesday.

10 Nigerian Athletes Banned

Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) an independent body created by World Athletics to manages all integrity issues – both doping and non-doping explained that the affected athletes, who represented some ‘Category A’ Federations, were disqualified from the final entries for the Olympics for failing to meet the minimum testing requirements under Rule 15 of the Anti-Doping Rules.
According to the statement titled, “20 athletes not eligible for Tokyo 2020 as minimum testing requirements not met by ‘category a’ federations”, other countries affected are Belarus, Ethiopia, Kenya, Morocco, and Ukraine.

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The statement; “Despite significant improvements in the domestic testing programmes in countries categorised as being the highest doping risk to the sport under the World Athletics Anti-Doping Rules (Anti-Doping Rules), 18 athletes from the final entries for the Tokyo Olympic Games are not eligible to compete because the minimum testing requirements under Rule 15 of the Anti-Doping Rules were not met by ‘Category A’ Federations.
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“In addition, two athletes from Kenya were replaced by the National Federation prior to the submission of their entries to World Athletics. “Nigeria is the most affected country, not meeting the minimum testing requirements under Rule 15 for 10 athletes. “Nigeria was included in Category A at the start of 2020 following a continued period of weak domestic testing levels.

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“Under the framework of Rule 15 governing National Federation Anti-Doping Obligations, which came into force in January 2019, National Federations are accountable for ensuring appropriate anti-doping measures are in place in their respective jurisdictions. Among other things, the Rule sets out minimum requirements for testing on the national teams of ‘Category A’ federations deemed to have the highest doping risk and considered as a threat to the overall integrity of the sport.
“The key requirement in Rule 15 is that an athlete from a ‘Category A’ country must undergo at least three no-notice out-of-competition tests (urine and blood) conducted no less than 3 weeks apart in the 10 months leading up to a major event. Only then do they become eligible to represent their national team at the World Athletics Championships or the Olympic Games.
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“For the year 2021, the seven identified ‘Category A’ National Federations are: Belarus, Bahrain, Ethiopia, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, and Ukraine. The relevant data for the number of athletes from each federation for whom the testing requirements of Rule 15 were not met is set out in the table below.

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 Tokyo Olympics 2020: 10 Nigerian Athletes Banned

 Tokyo Olympics 2020: 10 Nigerian Athletes Banned“In the lead-up to the Tokyo Olympic Games, the ‘Category A’ Federations, in partnership with their respective National Anti-Doping Organisations (NADOs), generally made significant progress with respect to their domestic testing programmes.”


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