NIGERIAN SPRINTER BLESSING OKAGBARE HANDED 10-YEAR BAN FOR DOPING VIOLATIONS

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Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare has been given a 10-year ban for “multiple breaches of anti-doping rules”.

The Athletics Integrity Unit AIU said the 33-year-old was banned for five years for the use of multiple mail uk viagra prohibited substances and five for not co-operating with the investigation.

Okagbare was suspended during the Tokyo Olympics after failing a drug test.

Brett Clothier, head of the AIU, said a 10-year ban was “a strong message against attempts to cheat”.

Okagbare won a silver medal in the long jump at the 2008 Olympics and has also won World Championship medals in the 200m and long jump.