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| Chika Amalaha |
Nigeria teenager Chika Amalaha has
been stripped of her Commonwealth Games weightlifting gold medal after failing
a doping test.
The 16-year-old, who won the women’s
53kg competition, provided positive “A” and “B” samples that contained
prohibited diuretics and masking agents.
“The Commonwealth Games Federation
has determined that Nigerian weightlifter, Chika Amalaha, has committed an
anti-doping rule violation and has fully suspended her from the Commonwealth
Games in Glasgow,” the CGF said in a statement.
“As a result, Amalaha has been
disqualified from her event at the Games, with her result in the competition
nullified.”
Dika Toua from Papua New Guinea has
been awarded the gold medal with the India duo Santoshi Matsa and Swati Singh
claiming silver and bronze.
Amalaha was Nigeria’s first gold
medal winner in Glasgow, equaling the Games snatch record of 82kg with her
first attempt before lifting 85kg on her third.
Her combined total of 196kg was also
a Games record and, according to the International Weightlifting Federation,
she was the youngest woman to win a weightlifting title in Games history. -
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