Blessing Okagbare, of Nigeria, wins a vigor successful the women's 100-meter tally astatine the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 30, 2021, successful Tokyo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Blessing Okagbare, of Nigeria, wins a vigor successful the women's 100-meter tally astatine the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 30, 2021, successful Tokyo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) (Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

TOKYO – The Latest connected the Tokyo Olympics, which are taking spot nether dense restrictions aft a year’s hold due to the fact that of the coronavirus pandemic:

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Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare has been provisionally suspended aft a affirmative trial for quality maturation hormone. She was owed to tally successful the semifinals of the women’s 100 meters astatine the Olympics connected Saturday.

The Athletics Integrity Unit said Okagbare tested affirmative successful an out-of-competition trial connected July 19. The AIU says it was lone informed of the uncovering connected Friday, aft Okagbare had already tally successful the 100-meter heats astatine the Tokyo Games.

The AIU informed Okagbare of the uncovering and her provisional suspension connected Saturday morning.

Okagbare won her vigor successful 11.05 seconds astatine the Olympic Stadium to advancement to the semis.

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