Nigerian gold-medallist in doping shock

(FILE PHOTO) 16-year-old Weightlifter Chika Amalah of Nigeria has been suspended from the 2014 Commonwealth Games after failing a drugs test. She is due to have another sample tested in London tomorrow. GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - JULY 25: Chika Amalaha of Nigeria competes in the Women's 53kg Group A Weightlifting at the Scottish Exhibition And Conference Centre during day two of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games on July 25, 2014 in Glasgow, United Kingdom. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)

(FILE PHOTO) 16-year-old Weightlifter Chika Amalah of Nigeria has been suspended from the 2014 Commonwealth Games after failing a drugs test. She is due to have another sample tested in London tomorrow. GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - JULY 25: Chika Amalaha of Nigeria competes in the Women's 53kg Group A Weightlifting at the Scottish Exhibition And Conference Centre during day two of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games on July 25, 2014 in Glasgow, United Kingdom. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)

Published Jul 29, 2014

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Glasgow - Nigerian teenage weightlifter Chika Amalaha has been provisionally suspended from the Commonwealth Games after testing positive in a doping test taken after she won gold in the women's 53kg category, the Commonwealth Games Federation announced on Tuesday.

The 16-year-old Amalaha provided an 'A' sample on July 25 which revealed traces of diuretics and masking agents.

She will have a 'B' sample tested at a laboratory in London on July 30.

Commonwealth Games Federation chief executive Mike Hooper said: “We (have) issued a formal notice of disclosure to an athlete following an adverse analytical finding as a consequence of an in-competition test.

“That athlete is Nigerian weightlifter Chika Amalaha who was tested on July 25th. That athlete has now been suspended from the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.”

Amalaha snatched a best of 85kg before managing 111kg in the clean and jerk for a total of 196kg, to become the youngest Commonwealth weightlifter gold medallist.

Sapa-AFP

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