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Matthew Cooper

Nigeria's Blessing Okagbare handed 10-year doping ban for 'multiple breaches'

Nigerian track-and-field athlete Blessing Okagbare has been hit with a 10-year ban for "multiple breaches of anti-doping rules".

The 33-year-old competes in long jump and sprinting and was initially suspended during the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for a human growth hormone following an out-of-competition test on July 19 last year.

In addition, Okagbare tested positive for blood booster EPO, another banned drug, in Nigeria in June last year, and was also charged with failing to co-operate with an Athletics Integrity Unit investigation.

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