Nigeria, July 2 -- Nigeria's track and field community has been dealt another heavy blow following the announcement that quarter miler, Imaobong Nse Uko, has been banned for two years by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) over a doping violation. Anti-doping offences include doping and non-doping violations. While the former involves taking banned substances, the latter includes offences around whereabouts failures and other infractions outside of taking banned substances.

Although Imaobong's offence is yet to be officially revealed, the AIU has confirmed her period of ineligibility will run until 23 July 2026, and all results recorded from the date of the infraction have been officially disqualified.

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