Tosin Adeloye
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| Born | 7 February 1996 | ||||||||||||
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| Country | Nigeria | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 400 metres | ||||||||||||
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Tosin Adeloye (born 7 February 1996) is a Nigerian sprinter.[1] She competed in the 400 metres event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China.[2]
Doping ban
Adeloye tested positive for the anabolic steroid Metenolone at the National Sports Festival in Lagos in December 2012, at the age of 16, and was subsequently banned from sports for two years. The ban ended 6 January 2015. [3][4]
She received a second ban for eight years after another failed test in 2016.[5]
References
- ↑ "Tosin Adeloye". IAAF. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- ↑ Heats results
- ↑ "IAAF News Issue 149, 28 January 2014" (PDF). iaaf.org. IAAF. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
- ↑ "Athletes currently suspended from all competitions in athletics following an Anti-Doping Rule Violation as at: 21.05.14" (PDF). iaaf.org via web.archive.org. IAAF. Archived from the original on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
- ↑ Akpodonor, Gowon (2016-06-02). Nigerian athlete, Adeloye, fails drug test, bags eight-year ban. Guardian Nigeria. Retrieved on 2016-08-07.
External links
- Tosin Adeloye profile at IAAF
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