Nigerian athlete Chioma Onyekwere, who had trained for years to hone her discus skills, considered competing at the Tokyo Games to be the pinnacle of …
Nigerian athlete Chioma Onyekwere, who had trained for years to hone her discus skills, considered competing at the Tokyo Games to be the pinnacle of her career. “This is supposed to be one of the happiest moments of my life,” she said. Instead, because Nigerian athletic officials hadn’t conducted enough drug tests over the past several months, Onyekwere and nine other Nigerians unexpectedly found themselves disqualified this week. “I am beyond heartbroken,” Onyekwere said in a statement. “This feels like a bad dream that I can’t wake up from.” On Friday the 10 disqualified Nigerian track and field athletes took to the streets of the Olympic Village to protest the decision.
