Sunday, October 17, 2010

Canada awarded bronze after Nigerian fails dope test

A third Nigerian runner has failed a doping test at the Commonwealth Games and been stripped of two silver medals. Folashade Abugan tested positive for a steroid the morning after closing ceremony of the New Delhi event. She won silver medals in the 400 metre and 4x400 metre relay. The ruling elevatedEngland to the silver medal position in the relay and Canada the bronze. Two other Nigerian runners tested positive to a banned stimulant methylhexaneamine during the Games. Osayomi Oludamola was stripped of a gold medal in the women’s 100 metres and Samuel Okon, who was sixth in the final of the men’s 110-metre hurdles, was also disqualified. Nigerian officials at the Commonwealth Games said they were investigating the spate of doping findings. A Nigerian athletics official said every athlete who prepared for the New Delhi Games in Nigeria had undergone out-of-competition testing.
I think that it is very ignorant of thes athletes to use preformance inhancing drugs. It ruins the whole point of competion. It's supposed to be human VS. human, not drug VS. human. They are lucky to just be stripped of their medals and not banned from future competion.

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