Former world indoor
champion, Nigerian-born Kemi Adekoya has been suspended after the Athletics
Integrity Unit (AIU) confirmed she failed drugs test.
Bahrain’s Kemi Adekoya, who
is a four-time Asian Games gold medallist and 2016 world indoor 400m champion
tested positive for an anabolic steroid.
The 25-year-old, who was
born in Nigeria but switched allegiance to Bahrain in 2014, has been
provisionally suspended after testing positive for the banned substance
stanozolol, the Athletics Integrity Unit has announced.
Confirming a ‘notice of
allegation’ against the athlete, the Athletics Integrity Unit stated that
Adekoya tested positive for the anabolic steroid in November, 2018.
The International Association
of Athletics Federations founded the AIU last year.
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