Nigerian hurdler tested positive for doping
Published:Friday | August 21, 2009 | 12:53 PM
Nigerian hurdler Amaka Ogoegbunam tested positive for doping at the world championships and has been provisionally suspended.
Ogoegbunam was disqualified from the semi-finals of the 400 metre hurdles on Tuesday.
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), Nick Davies says the 19-year-old Nigerian tested positive for the banned anabolic steroid metenolone after the race.
In such doping cases, athletes can ask for their \"B\" sample to be tested. Davies says Ogoegbunam did not make such a request.