The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has given the eight World Athletics Elite label Okpekpe International 10km Road Race held in May in Okpekpe, Edo State, a clean bill of health following the negative dope tests recorded at the historic one-day meeting.
Race Director Zack Amodu revealed that the result of the doping control carried out on race day (May 28) has returned an all-negative results.
In an e-mail message to promoter of the race, Mike Itemuagbor, the AIU, which sits at the heart of World Athletics’ integrity reforms, confirmed that none of the samples taken at the event tested positive for the use of performance enhancing drugs.
“I am glad to inform you that the results of the analysis on the samples collected after the race, performed at the WADA-accredited laboratory of Lausanne, did not reveal the presence and/or use of a substance or method prohibited under the current WADA prohibited list,” wrote Stefano Longo, the AIU In Competition Testing Manager.
