Nigeria’s Amalaha suspended for testing positive to drugs at CGames

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The Commonwealth Games Federation, CGF, on Tuesday announced the provisional suspension of Nigerian weightlifter, Chika Amalaha from the ongoing 2014 Commonwealth Games for testing positive to drugs.
A statement by CGF’s Chief Executuve Officer, Mike Hooper, said Amalaha had been issued with a notice of disclosure after returning an adverse analytical finding from in-competition test.
``And she has been provisionally suspended from the 20th Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
`` The athlete’s ‘A sample’ was found to contain both amiloride and hydrochlorothiazide, both prohibited as diuretics and masking agents under class s5 of World Anti-Doping Agency, WADA’s Prohibited List’’, it said.
It, however, said that Amalaha had pursued her right to have her B sample tested, which would take place at the accredited laboratory in London on July 30.
Amalaha won the gold medal in the Women’s 53kg category on July 25.
The 20th edition of the Games, which kicked off on July 23 in Glasgow, Scotland, will end on August 3.  

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