Nigerian spurt star Okagbare is the first to test positive for doping and leaves Tokyo Games

Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare has been banned from the Tokyo Olympics. On July 19, she tested positive for a growth hormone during an out-of-competition doping test.

The 32-year-old Okagbare is the first doping sinner at these Games. She won her series of the 100 meters (11.05) on Friday.

Okagbare won bronze as a long jumper at the 2008 Games. Nine years later, it became a silver medal when, after retesting, it turned out that the Russian Tatyana Lebedeva had used banned substances.

Okagbare would also participate in the 200-meter and 4×100-meter relay during the Tokyo Games.