Six Nigerian athletes charged for doping

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Ajunwa competed in track and field events and focused on the 100m, 200m and long jump. At Atlanta 1996, Ajunwa became the first woman from West Africa to win an Olympic gold medal.

At the 2015 All-Africa Games in Brazzaville, Congo, Cecilia won gold in the 4 x 100-meter relay alongside Blessing Okagbare, Lawretta Ozoh, and Ngozi Onwumere.Her coach Abass Rauf received a lifetime ban from the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, while Lee Evans received a four-year suspension.She won medals in the long jump at the Olympic and World Championships, and she also won a world medal in the 200 meters.

She was given a 10-year athletics ban which started on 30 July 2021 as a result of many violations of the World Athletics Anti-Doping Code.She excelled in relay competition, taking home the silver medal representing Nigeria at the 1996 Olympics. Adeloye tested positive for the anabolic steroid Methenolone at the National Sports Festival in Lagos in December 2012, at the age of 16, She was subsequently banned from participating in any athletics event for two years and with her ban ending on 6 January 2015.

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