Nigeria: Dope - Nigeria's Paralympic Champion, Esther Onyema, Banned for Four Years

21 May 2020

Nigeria's former Paralympic and Commonwealth Games champion, Esther Onyema, 38, has been banned four years by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) for committing an anti-doping rule violation.

Onyema's dream of adding to the gold and silver medals she won at the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Paralympic Games respectively next year in Tokyo has however evaporated as she is no longer eligible to compete in the sport until May 2, 2023.

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