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Commonwealth Games women's 100m champion tests positive

Published:Monday | October 11, 2010 | 12:45 PM

Commonwealth Games women's 100-metre gold medal winner Damola Osayemi has failed a drugs test.



She has been provisionally suspended until the result of her B sample is received on Wednesday.



The 24-year-old was named champion on Thursday after Australia's Sally Pearson was controversially disqualified for a false start.



England's Katherine Endacott finished fourth but could now be handed silver if the decision is upheld.



The sprinter showed traces of a banned stimulant called methylhexaneamine, which has only recently been added to the World Anti-Doping Agency's prohibited list.



Osayemi requested the testing of her B sample after which the Commonwealth Games Federation released a statement.