NIGERIAN TEEN FAILS DRUGS TEST
Nigerian gold medallist Chika Amalaha has been provisionally suspended from the Commonwealth Games after an in-competition drugs test resulted in an anti-doping violation, the Commonwealth Games Federation has announced.
The 16-year-old Amalaha provided an 'A' sample on July 25 - shortly after winning the women's 53kg category - which revealed traces of diuretics and maskings agents.
Amalaha will have a 'B' sample tested at a laboratory in London on July 30.
Commonwealth Games Federation chief executive Mike Hooper said: "We [have] issued a formal notice of disclosure to an athlete following an adverse analytical finding as a consequence of an in-competition test.
"That athlete is Nigerian weightlifter Chika Amalaha who was tested on July 25th. That athlete has now been suspended from the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow."
