'AFN Should Be Celebrated'

Edit All Africa 11 May 2015
[Guardian] A year ago, Nigerian athletes made the podium at the maiden IAAF World Relays in the Caribbean Island country, Bahamas, a bronze in the women's 4x400m by the quartet of Folashade Abugan, Regina George, Omolara Omotosho and Patience Okon. ....

Thrice as nice: Record night in Glasgow

Edit The Gleaner 03 Aug 2014
André Lowe, Senior Staff Reporter ... (4 a.m. Jamaica time) against old foes England. On the track, Usain Bolt was in his element ... "It feels good to be Commonwealth Games champion ... It's been good ... ... McPherson posted a strong 50.33-second anchor-leg run after receiving the baton from Le-Roy, slightly behind Nigeria's Folashade Abugan, but outclassed her competitor, who took her team across the line in second place in a time of 3.24.71 ... ....

16-year-old Nigerian weightlifter fails drug test

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 29 Jul 2014
GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — A 16-year-old Nigerian weightlifter failed a doping test after becoming the youngest ever female to win a Commonwealth Games gold medal in the sport, organizers said Tuesday ... Amalaha asked for the backup "B'' sample to be tested, which will happen in London on Wednesday ... Folashade Abugan was stripped of silver medals in the women's 400 meters and 4x400-meter relay after testing positive for a steroid ... ___....

Commonwealth Games stresses quality doping tests

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 27 Jul 2014
GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — The head of the Commonwealth Games said Sunday the event is using a "quality over quantity" drug-testing approach targeting specific sports based largely on intelligence received from anti-doping agencies ... 3 ... "There is a shift away from quantity testing," Hooper said ... Folashade Abugan was stripped of silver medals in the women's 400 meters and the 4x400-meter relay after testing positive for a steroid ... ....

USA - Penn Relays Serve Up Tasty Appetiser For Next Month's IAAF World Relays (NACAC - North American, Central American and Caribbean AA)

Edit noodls 15 May 2014
(Source. NACAC - North American, Central American and Caribbean AA) ... In front of a crowd of almost 50,000 at Franklin Field, the country brought to Philadelphia all four members of the London 2012 Olympic Games winning team ... Nigeria's Regina George clocked a solid 50.49 on the anchor leg and helped her teammates, Folashade Abugan, Omolara Omotosho and Bukola Abugunkolo, to third place in 3.27.32 ... Source. Elena Dyachkova for the IAAF....
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