Athletics (sprint) · Nigeria · AIU (Disciplinary Tribunal)
Blessing Okagbare: doping case, ban and appeal
Serving ban The AIU Disciplinary Tribunal imposed 10 years from 31 July 2021, and no CAS appeal was filed by the March 2022 deadline. No end date was published. The end date is calculated from the published start and length as July 2031.
Ban length10 years (five years for presence and use of multiple prohibited substances and five years for refusal to co-operate)
Start31 July 2021
Violation
Presence and use of multiple prohibited substances: human growth hormone and recombinant erythropoietin (EPO), and refusal to co-operate with the AIU investigation1,3
Results disqualified
Not stated in the sources fetched
Appeals
- CAS, 22 March 2022: No appeal filedThisDay reported that the 30 day appeal window ended on 18 March 2022 and quoted a CAS spokesperson saying no appeals had been filed.4
Athlete's response
She wrote on Twitter: "My lawyers are currently studying it for our next line of action which we will inform you soon" (Channels Television, 19 February 2022).
Sources
- Reuters (via Nippon.com), Doping: Nigeria's Okagbare banned for 10 years by AIU for doping at Tokyo Olympics (19 February 2022)
- Channels Television, Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare reacts to AIU's 10 year ban (19 February 2022)
- LawInSport, Nigeria's Okagbare banned for 10 years by AIU for doping at Tokyo Olympics (21 February 2022)
- ThisDay, Okagbare fails to appeal dope ban (22 March 2022)