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The suspended World 100m hurdles record holder, Tobi Amusan, has been left out of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria’s (AFN) list of athletes that will fly Nigeria’s flag at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
Tobi Amusan’s name is conspicuously missing from the list of Nigerian athletes that will represent Nigeria at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
The suspended World 100m hurdles record holder was left out by the Athletics Federation of Nigeria’s (AFN) after having not cleared herself with Athletic integrity Unit (AIU).
The athletics body on Tuesday unveiled 22 athletes for the competition that will run from August 19 to 27 with Amusan conspicuously missing even as all the athletes that made their mark and meet up with the required time during the AFN’s trial at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City, Edo State, were listed for the Budapest championships.
Recall that the AIU had handed Amusan a provisional suspension for allegedly missing drug tests.
AIU announced the sanction in a statement on its Twitter handle last month, saying the Nigerian superstar was suspended for three whereabouts failures.
However, the likes of Ese Brume, George Patience Okon, Success Umukoro, Favour Ofili, Rosemary Chukwuma and Ruth Usoro all made the list.
Others are Deborah Oke, Imaobong Uko, Nse Uko and Pamela Amaechi.
Nigerian male athletes on the list are Itshekiri Usheoritshe, Ashe Favour, Seye Ogunlewe, Alaba Akintola, Fakorede Adekalu, Karlington Anunagba, and Enekwechi Chukwuebuka (Shot Put) were also listed for the competition.