Nigeria sends athletes' blood samples to South Africa
Xinhua, August 24, 2015 Adjust font size:
Nigeria has sent blood samples of athletes competing in the 11th All Africa Games (AAG), in Congo, to South Africa for testing, a top official said on Monday.
Al-Hassan Yakmut, the Director-General of National Sports Commission (NSC) announced this in Abuja at the First Anti-Doping Education Session for Athletes and Coaches participating in the AAG.
He said the result would be out by next week.
Yakmut advised athletes and officials to steer away from drugs as they prepared for the games.
He said the commission was educating the athletes on the effects of drugs in sport and to safeguard their integrity.
The director-general added that the commission was partnering with the anti-doping agency to educate athletes further on the dangers of doping.
He said the seminar would address and highlight strategies for anti-doping.
Yakmut warned that any athlete who contravened the rules would face the wrath of the law, as the world anti-doping agency Convention would be applied.
He said the commission had shortlisted 450 athletes, including officials, to compete in 21 games in the AAG. Endi