Nigerian Commonwealth Games 110m hurdler Samuel Okon has failed a drugs test, it was announced on Tuesday, becoming the second athlete from the African nation to return a positive result here.
Nigerian Commonwealth Games 110m hurdler Samuel Okon has failed a drugs test, it was announced on Tuesday, becoming the second athlete from the African nation to return a positive result here.
Okon, who finished sixth in the 110m hurdles final, tested positive for the banned stimulant methylhexanamine, said Mike Fennell, the Commonwealth Games Federation president.
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On Monday, it was revealed that Nigeria's women's 100m gold medal winner Osayemi Oludamola had also tested positive for the same substance.
"On anti-doping, we have now conducted 1,200 tests and again I regret to inform you that a second athlete has tested positive," said Fennell.
"It is Nigerian 110m hurdler Samuel Okon who tested positive for the same substance (as Oludamola)."
He said a provisional hearing would be held into the matter later Tuesday but that Okon had waived his right to have a B test.
Fennell added that his team had held talks with the Nigerian delegation about the embarrassing test results and he was "satisfied they are taking the matter very seriously."
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