Second Nigerian athlete flunks dope test

The doping scandal that has rocked the Commonwealth Games today grew in proportion as a second Nigerian athlete flunked a dope test for the same banned stimulant, barely a day after one of his compatriots was caught for the offence. Commonwealth Games Federation chief Michael Fennell told the customary morning press conference that Nigerian 110m hurdler Samuel Okon tested positive for methylhexaneamine, the same substance found to have been contained in the urine sample of compatriot women’s 100m gold medallist Osayemi Oludamola. Okon finished sixth in the men’s 110m hurdles finals. Osayemi had also tested positive for methylhaxaneamine and her ‘B’ sample test result will be known tomorrow.