IAAF Stripes US Born Athlete, Olatoye Of Medals For Representing Nigeria
LAGOS NOVEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian athletics made another bold
headline for the wrong reasons yesterday, as the International Association of
Athletics Federation (IAAF) stripped United States-based female shot put
thrower, Oyesade Olatoye, of the two medals she won at the 2019 African Games
in Morocco.
Olatoye won gold in the women’s shot put and a bronze medal in the women hammer
throw for Team Nigeria at the last African Games in Rabat, Morocco. The
performance in Morocco qualified her for the recently concluded IAAF World
Athletics Championships in Doha.
However, the IAAF stated in a release yesterday that its Nationality Review
Panel did not clear Olatoye before she competed for Nigeria. The athlete will
lose both medals due to ineligibility.
“In reference to the transfer of allegiance for Oyesade Olatoye, the final
decision of the NRP has determined that the athlete was not eligible to
represent Nigeria at the time of the 2019 African Games and that her results
there have to be annulled,” the statement read.
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