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Doping: Nigerian sprinter Oduduru suspended by AIU, risks six-year ban
The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has handed Nigeria’s Divine Oduduru a provisional suspension over the use of prohibited substances.
AIU announced the sprinter’s suspension in a statement released on Thursday.
The body said Oduduru was identified as one of the clients of Eric Lira, a self-acclaimed kinesiologist and naturopathic doctor, who is currently a plaintiff in a case titled “US’ first Olympic anti-doping charges”.
The 26-year-old sprinter joins Blessing Okagbare on the list of athletes identified as collaborators with Lira.
Lira was accused of providing performance-enhancing drugs to athletes who participated in the Tokyo Olympics.
In 2022, Okagbare was banned for 11 years following an investigation by AIU after she failed an out-of-competition doping test.
In the statement, AIU said Oduduru was identified as a suspect “based on the information in the complaint, including text conversations imaged from Okagbare’s mobile phone by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).”
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