Disqualified Nigerian athletes have taken to the streets of Japan to protest their disqualification from the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) ruled earlier this week that ten Nigerian athletes were ineligible to compete in the games because they did not meet the minimum testing requirements under Rule 15 of the Anti-Doping Rules for ‘Category A’ federations.
The Protesting athletes stormed the streets of Japan on Friday, July 30, to express their dissatisfaction.
They carried placards with the words: “Why should we suffer for someone else’s negligence”, “All we wanted to do was compete” and “We are not just alternates but potential medallists.”
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