3 Nigerian Female Athletes Test Positive To Banned Drugs At The London Olympics

Three Nigerian athletes already in London preparing for the Olympics have tested positive to banned drugs.

Although the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), declined to name the affected athletes yesterday, independent sources confirmed that Vivian Chukwuemeka, Lauretta Ozoh and Regina George were those who samples tested positive to banned substances.

The informed National Sports Commission source also revealed that already, the leadership of Team Nigeria camp in Surrey, England has been informed and ordered to decamp the affected athletes immediately.

"Team Nigeria officials in Surrey, England have been informed to decamp the affected athletes immediately," revealed the source.

But one of the affected athletes, Chukwuemeka who is just returning from a two-year ban for a similar offence has called for the result of the test carried out on her at the African Championship in Port Novo, Benin Republic to ascertain if there was no attempt to implicate her with the result of the Nigeria Olympic trials a week earlier in Calabar.

"Chukwuemeka who knows that if this result is true, she will get a life ban from IAAF has called for the result of her dope test at the African Champion. If that one is negative then, it means something is wrong somewhere. But if it also tests positive, that is automatic life ban for her, " revealed the informed the top NSC source.

Ozoh may also share Chukwuemeka's fate as a second offender. Only George may get a lighter ban as a first time dope offender.

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Saudi Arabia Sends 2 Female Athletes To Compete In London 2012 For The First Time In Olympic History

TWO female Saudi Arabian athletes will take part in the London 2012 Games, the International Olympic Committee have confirmed.

Sarah Attar will compete in the 800m while Wodjan Ali Seraj Abdulrahim Shahrkhani will take part in the judo competition.

The announcement follows months of negotiations - with Saudi Olympic chiefs at one point insisting no women would be allowed to take part.

IOC president Jacques Rogge said: "This is very positive news and we will be delighted to welcome these two athletes in London in a few weeks time.

"The IOC has been working very closely with the Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee and I am pleased to see that our continued dialogue has come to fruition.

"The IOC has been striving to ensure a greater gender balance at the Olympic Games, and today's news can be seen as an encouraging evolution. With Saudi Arabian female athletes now joining their fellow female competitors from Qatar and Brunei Darussalam, it means that by London 2012 every national Olympic committee will have sent women to the Olympic Games."

VIDEO: Watch the women train and hear how excited they are to go to the Olympics... 

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