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Nigerian Boxer Fails Drugs Test At Olympics

Nigerian Boxer Fails Drugs Test At Olympics

Nigerian boxer Cynthia Ogunsemilore is out of the Paris 2024 Olympics after being provisionally suspended for a failed drugs test. The 22-year-old, who won gold at the African Games in Accra earlier this year and a bronze medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, tested positive for furosemide, a banned substance that is classed as a diuretic and masking agent. The out-of-competition sample was collected by the International Testing Agency (ITA) on 25 July on behalf of the International Olympic Committee. Ogunsemilore can appeal the result but any decision will not come in time for what would have been…
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