Blessing Okagbare, a Nigerian sprinter has been banned for a total of 10 years for multiple breaches of anti-doping rules, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Friday. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Blessing Okagbare, who has an Olympic silver medal in the long jump from the 2008 Beijing Games, was provisionally suspended before the … Read more
The 25-year-old Nigerian athlete claimed the bronze medal in the women’s long jump at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on Tuesday. Long Jumper, Ese Brume, has won the first medal for Nigeria at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The 25-year-old Nigerian athlete claimed the bronze medal in the women’s long jump at the Olympic Stadium in … Read more
…the AIU had, on Thursday, disqualified 10 Nigerian athletes from the Tokyo games for not complying with out-of-competition drug testing requirements. Nigerian athlete, Blessing Okagbare, has been provisionally suspended from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after failing a drug test. The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), the independent body created by the World Athletics that manages all … Read more
Spectators will need to clear several antivirus requirements, including temperature checks and mask-wearing, just to get into venues No alcohol, no hugs, no cheers and no autographs: Tokyo 2020 Olympic organisers unveiled tough new rules for spectators at the pandemic Games on Wednesday, as they marked one month until the opening ceremony. Tokyo 2020 president … Read more
If the postponed Tokyo Olympics do not go ahead next year due to COVID-19, then the 2022 Beijing Winter Games will likely also fall victim to the pandemic. Long-time International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Dick Pound made the assertion on Wednesday in London. “If there is no vaccine and countries are unable to contain the … Read more
The International Olympic Committee has postponed the Summer Games scheduled to begin in late July in Tokyo to 2021 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Ekohotblog understands that the prime minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, had proposed a one-year postponement for the games during talks with the International Olympic Committee president, Thomas Bach. In … Read more