Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare has been barred from the Olympics after failing a drug test, the first doping case of the Tokyo Games’ track and field competition, officials said Saturday.
The Athletics Integrity Unit said in a statement that Okagbare, who won her opening heat of the women’s 100 meters on Friday, had tested positive for human growth hormone.
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