Tag: Blessing Okagbare
Blessing Okagbare makes ‘special request’ on 35th birthday
Former track and field athlete Blessing Okagbare on Monday made a special request to the public in celebration of her 35th birthday.
The Olympic medalist...
Blessing Okagbare shares rare photos of self wearing gele
Retired athlete Blessing Okagbare has shared photos of herself at her friend Amanda’s wedding on Instagram.
The 34-year-old is seen in some photos posted on...
Okagbare’s doping ban extended to 11 years
Athlete Blessing Okagbare has been hit with an additional year of ban for doping.
Okagbare, 33, was expelled from the Tokyo Olympics last year before...
Okagbare: AFN declines comment till after meeting
The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) says it will not comment on the 10-year ban slammed on Blessing Okagbare by the Athletics Integrity Unit...
Doping: Okagbare should have known better as she lives in US...
Nigeria’s first female gold medallist at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics Chioma Ajunwa-Opara says Blessing Okagbare should have known better than doping as she lives...
Blessing Okagbare reacts to 10-year ban for doping
Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare has reacted to the 10-year ban handed to her by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for "multiple breaches of anti-doping...
Blessing Okagbare gets 10-year ban for doping
The Athletics Integrity Unit has banned Nigerian athlete Blessing Okagbare from competing professionally for 10 years after finding her guilty of doping.
Okagbare, 33, had...
Doping: ‘I ran faster,’ Blessing Okagbare’s chat with alleged drug supplier...
The United States Justice Department has revealed a chat between Nigerian athlete Blessing Okagbare and her alleged drug supplier Eric Lira.
Lira, 41, has been...
Blessing Okagbare’s sister alleges sprinter being forced to admit doping
Nigerian athlete Blessing Okagbare is being forced to accept doping charges instituted against her by the Athletics Integrity Unit, her sister Grace Okagbare has...
Blessing Okagbare faces three anti-doping charges
The Athletics Integrity Unit on Thursday said it has charged Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare after she tested positive for human growth hormone and recombinant...