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Published 11:17 31 Jul 2021 BST
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The sample was taken from Okagbare on July 19 but the laboratory that analysed it only informed the AIU of the result following her win on Friday. She was notified of her provisional suspension soon after. Yet, the race will still go to the blocks with the potential of being one of the most exciting of the games', with the great Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce aiming to regain her crown from fellow Jamaican Elaine Thompson-Herah. Great Britain's Dina Asher Smith will also be there or thereabouts, as will Marie-Josee Ta Lou when the gun goes at 1.50 Irish time. It's not to be missed.
The new of Okagbare's suspension comes days after 10 other athletes from Nigeria were declared ineligible for the Tokyo Olympics because of non-compliance with out-of-competition drug testing requirements before the start of the Games.
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