Jasmine Camacho-Quinn

Nigeria's representative Oluwatobiloba Amusan finished fourth with a time of 12.60 seconds. This is the second time she is finishing fourth for the second time at a major championship in two years. The Nigerian was behind before the first barrier. Although she finished strongly, it was a little too late for a podium finish.

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In the Women's 200 meters event, Nigeria's Grace Nwokocha booked her spot in the semi-final coming third in her heat. The Nigerian who started from lane eight in her heat 1 ran an impressive personal best time of 22.47 seconds, cutting down over three-tenths from her previous personal best of 22.79 seconds. Ivory coast's Ta Lou won the heat with a time of 22.30 seconds.

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Lamont Jacobs Tokyo 2020

Fred Kerley of the United States of America won silver with a personal best time of 9.84 seconds while Great Britain's Andre Grasse won the bronze medal, finishing third with a personal best time of 9.89 seconds.

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Nigeria's Enoch Adegoke pulled a muscle about 50 meters into the race which did not allow him to complete the race. Africa's other representative in the final, Akani Simbine from South Africa, finished in the fourth position with a time of 9.93 seconds.

The Italian became the first person to win Gold at the Men's 100 meters event since Justin Gatlin of the United States of America won the medal in Athens 2004. Usain Bolt won the last three Men's 100 meters finals. The Jamaican won Gold in Beijing in 2008, London in 2012, and Rio in 2016.

The Italian won Silver at the 2021 World relays in the Men's 4x100 meters in Chorzow, Poland. He also won Gold at the 2021 European indoor Championships in Torun, Poland.

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Grace Nwokocha

The race was not the best for Nwokocha as she finished fifth in her race with a time of 11.07 seconds in the Heat 3 of the semifinals. The fastest woman in the world Jamaica's, Shelly-Ann- Fraser-Pryce, won the heat with a time of 10.73 seconds, with Switzerland's Mujinga Kambundji in second place.

Nwokocha would leave the competition with her head up high as she ran her personal best time of 11 seconds in the 100 meters heat on Thursday, July 30th, 2021. This feat makes her the fifth-fastest Nigerian woman in history.

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The Women's 100 meters final will be mouth-watering as Shelly-Ann- Fraser-Pryce, defending champion, Elaine Thompson-Herah, and Ivory coast's Ta Lou, will look to win Gold and probably set a new World or Olympic record.

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Blessing Okagbare

She believes the affected Athletes who were based in Nigeria did not get the proper information they needed before going to Olympic Games in Tokyo.

Okagbare made this statement via her official Twitter account on Thursday, July 29th, 2021. She said,

If anyone who does not know the sports or has no passion for the Athletes, then such a person has no business being an administrator.

The Sports system in Nigeria is so flawed, and we the Athletes are the ones who receive the end of the damages.

Ten Nigerian Athletes were earlier banned for not observing no-notice out-of-competition tests (urine and blood) which are to be conducted not less than three weeks apart in the ten months leading up to a major event.

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These are the athletes affected by the ban Ruth Usoro (Jumper), Favour Ofili (Sprinter), Chioma Onyekwere (Discus), Annette Echikunwoke (Hammer), Chidi Okezie (4x100m women), Rosemary Chukwuma (100m), Glory Patrick (4x400m mixed relay), Yinka Ajayi (4x400 mixed relays) and Tima Godless (4x 100m relays)

This decision will be a blow for Nigeria as the chances of winning any medal at the Games just got reduced. The Athletics Federation of Nigeria is yet to make an official statement as it concerns the situation.

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Team Nigeria Tokyo 2020

They banned the athletes from the Games because of non-compliance with the Out of Competition Testing ( OCT). According to the rule, an athlete from Category A country must at least undergo three no-notice out-of-competition tests which include urine and blood test to be conducted not less than three weeks apart in the 10 months leading to a major event.

This decision is a colossal blow for Nigeria as the chances of winning medals at the Games are now more difficult. Out of the 23 Athletes registered for Athletics, only 13 are now eligible to compete in Tokyo.

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As of the time of reporting this news, only 11 Nigerians are on the entry list for the Athletics at Tokyo 2020, which starts on Friday, July 30, 2021. They currently list only 2 each for Mixed 4x400m for Friday, July 30, 2021, and Women's 4x100m for Thursday, August 5th, 2021. Nigeria will have to draft two more athletes into each team to avoid failing to start both races.

The Integrity Unit is an independent body that was set up in 2017 to manage all the threats to the integrity of the sports of Athletics.

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