BBC -We can confirm that Nigeria's Damola Osayemi has been stripped of her women's 100m gold medal, after her 'B' sample confirmed a positive finding for the banned substance Methylhexaneamine. The gold medal now goes to Natasha Mayers of St Vincent and the Grenadines - who has, since finishing the race, at various times now held bronze, silver and gold - while England's Katherine Endacott is promoted to the silver medal.

A mess.

Oh noooo!!!!!!!

Is this banned substance not found in milk ? I think I can be positive for this stuff unknowingly.

Why not conducting the test before the race?

[b]pics pls[/b]lol

where is the link/ without a link its a lieeeeeeeeeeeee

No shortcut to success.

It has been an endless weeping and gnashing of teeth for Damola Osayemi, the Nigerian  athlete, who failed a dope test and had the women’s 100m gold medal she won at the Delhi  2010 Commonwealth Games withdrawn by the Local Organising Committee, LOC.

“Osayemi has been down in tears. She’s shattered and not moving freely in camp since the  result of a dope test in India,” said Tony Ubani, the new Public Relations Officer of the  Nigeria Olympic Committee, NOC, while recounting the athlete’s ordeal at the Games.

Although, Osayemi, the women’s 100 gold medalist in New Delhi, asked for her “B’’ sample  to be tested after Monday’s announcement that her initial sample was positive for a  stimulant, but the LOC stripped her of the medal.

Reports from Team Nigeria’s camp in Delhi early today revealed that Osayemi was  struggling to register her innocence of any drug use.

Ubani disclosed that the embattled athlete was seen in a very terrible mood when the  other athletes were flaunting their medals, while her ‘precious’ gold medal was  retrieved.

The World Anti-Doping Agency, WADA, recently loosened the classification of  Methylexanemine, the stimulant found in Osayemi’s system for next year to the “specified  stimulant” list, which covers drugs that are more susceptible to inadvertent use and can  carry reduced penalties.

Sanctions for use of the drug can be reduced if athletes can prove they did not intend to  enhance performance but penalties can range from a warning to a two-year ban.

WADA said Methylexanemine was sold as a medicine until the early 1970s and has now  reappeared in some nutritional supplements and cooking oils.

The fate of Samuel Okon, the second Nigerian hurdler at the Commonwealth Games, who also  failed a dope test for the same banned substance is still being sorted out.

As the cases of the Nigerians  made the headlines, an Indian athlete also joined the drug  cheats’ list. The athlete, Yadav tested positive for the banned steroid Nandrolone.

The Commonwealth Games Federation said Yadav, who was sixth in the women’s 20-kilometer  walk on Saturday, has been provisionally suspended from the event.

Yadav could be banned for two years if found guilty.

Commonwealth Games Federation President Mike Fennell said more than 1,300 doping samples  had been collected so far at the games.

“Everyone would concede that to have three doping cases of those 1,300 tests is not a bad  record,” Fennell said. “And two of those have been concluded for substances that are  considered by many to be not in the serious area of doping activity, which is stimulants.  This new case has not been heard and I would not want to make any comments on that.”

The World Anti-Doping Agency recently loosened the classification of Methylhexaneamine  for next year to the “specified stimulant” list, which covers drugs that are more  susceptible to inadvertent use and can carry reduced penalties. Sanctions for use of the  drug can be reduced if athletes can prove they did not intend to enhance performance.  Penalties can range from a warning to a two-year ban.

WADA said Methylhexaneamine was sold as a medicine until the early 1970s and has now  reappeared in some nutritional supplements and cooking oils

Meanwhile, NAN reported today  that three Nigerians yesterday made a historic medal haul,  clinching the gold, silver and bronze medals in the female event of Para-sport  Powerlifting.

Esther Onyema, Ganiyatu Onaolapo and Osamwenyobor Arasomwan respectively secured  victories in the event’s Open Press women’s final.

Onyema claimed gold with a total of 148.1 kg; Onaolapo won silver with 139.3kg while  Arasomwan snatched bronze with 124.6kg.

The medals have now increased the country’s medals to 11 gold, 10 silver and 13 bronze,  bringing the total to 34.

It is Nigeria’s first medal sweep across any Commonwealth Games, and took her overall  weightlifting medal tally in Delhi to 11.

It will be recalled that 17-year-old Nigerian Augustina Nwaokolo won the first gold of  the 19th Commonwealth Games in weightlifting.

http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2010/10/13/osayemi-in-tears-loc-withdraws-her-gold-medal-indian-also-fails-dope-test/

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She might just be innocent. . . .

oh, i feel so bad, am so shuterd/////// i really like this gal and think she really is fast not knowing she was under influence,,,,,,so sad and embarasing

Great Nigerian athletes!!! Goodluck Nigeria. Begining of wonders.

Naija, we don show ourselves again!

Why Damola Osayemi, why, why, why

oluagness:

Why not conducting the test before the race?

unless they can conduct the tests on the track as the get ready to race, taking the test an hour or so before the race is unreliable because they could simply take the illegal substance(for those who cheat knowingly) after the test.

also some substances doesnt automatically show on your system when you take it, it takes at least an hour after they've taken it, before it can show positive on your test. so AFTER the race is the  ultimate option.

she may have taken it unknowingly BUT, as a professional athlete, its her duty to check EVERY single item of food and drink thoroughly before eating/drinking it.

Nigerians are so quick to crucify ourselves! she may have consumed it unknowingly! it happens. We need to be more united as a people.

it may not be drug she took oo, i am thinking she must have taken some african thing that contains the drug, e.g, Akpu, burantashi, palm wine n small stout, a combo can result in on deadly mixture!!!

as at today, the third nigerian has failed drug test.
it is obvious nigerians are there to display their abilities to use drugs.

nigerian just disgrace us at this commonwealth games, everyday one new person emerges, chineke me'

u guys just like crucifying urselfs. The truth is dat testing positive 4 a stimulant is different frm testing positive 4 steriod.

Eww disgusting, this 2 girls look like building site construction guys. Yikes!

If Herself and Folashade Abugan where IGBO we would have one big verbal onslaught in the offing right now. But people here are asking why. Why? I will tell you why, she wanted to win thats it. But lets sweep this under the carpet and keep it all nice and cool in here K. Peace out!