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Nigerian Weightlifter, Chika Amalaha Fails Drug Test, Suspended From Commonwealth Games

Nigerian weightlifter, Chika Amalaha, has been provisionally suspended from the ongoing Commonwealth games in Glasgow, Scotland following the discovery of two banned substances in her Sample A.

her A sample from a ‘in-competition test” on July 25, is believed to contain both amiloride and hydrochlorothiazide, both prohibited as diuretics and masking agents under class s5 of WADA’s Prohibited List.

Commonwealth Games Federation CEO, Mike Hooper, has announced that Nigerian weightlifter, Chika Amalaha, has been issued with a notice of disclosure after returning an adverse analytical finding from a in-competition test on July 25, and has been provisionally suspended from the 20th Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

Nigerian Weightlifter, Chika Amalaha
Nigerian Weightlifter, Chika Amalaha

Chika Amalaha won the gold medal in the Women’s 53-kilogram division.

Amalaha has however pursued her right to have her B sample tested, which will take place at the accredited laboratory in London on July 30.

pending the result of this B sample She remains suspended from the 20th Commonwealth Games tagged Glasgow 2014