Blessing Okagbare

Nigeria’s 2008 long jump silver medalist Blessing Okagbare has been banned for 10 years for doping, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced on Friday. The 33-year-old, who is also a sprinter, was expelled from the Tokyo Olympics…

Nigerian athlete, Blessing Okagbare, has been suspended after failing a drug test at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics on Friday July 30. The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), the independent body created by the World Athletics that manages all…

Blessing Okagbare, a Nigerian track, and field athlete, has become the second-fastest woman in the world after she finished 10.63 seconds at the national Olympics trials in Lagos. The time also breaks her own personal record as the fastest…