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May 30, 2023

May 30, 2023 IFMSPORTS

Super Falcons To Face Ethiopia Or Chad In Second Round Of 2024 Paris Olympic Qualifiers

In the second round of the 2024 Paris Olympic football qualifying, Nigeria’s Super Falcons will face either Ethiopia or Chad.

This was confirmed on Tuesday via the Ethiopia Football Federation’s Twitter account.

The qualifying draw took place on Tuesday in Cairo, Egypt.

Ethiopia and Chad will meet in the first round, with the winner of two legs facing the Super Falcons in the second round.

The African qualifications will begin in July 2023 and end in April 2024. This will be done in four rounds of home and away matches.

Only two women’s teams will represent Africa in the Olympic football event in Paris.

The Super Falcons have missed the last three Olympic Games (2012, 2016, 2020).

Their previous appearance in the football event at the Olympics was in 2008, when they were eliminated in the group round in Beijing.

December 20, 2022

December 20, 2022December 20, 2022 IFMSPORTS

Tobi Amusan Ranked Fifth Best Female Athlete For 2022

Tobi Amusan, Nigeria’s World 100m hurdles champion and record holder, has been named the fifth greatest female athlete in 2022 by World Athletics.

Using athletics scoring systems, the World Athletics graded each athlete based on the points they earned from their efforts over the season.

The 25-year-old hurdler had a fantastic year, becoming the first Nigerian world champion in an athletics event when she won the gold medal at the 2022 World Championships 100m hurdles, setting the current world record of 12.12 seconds in the semifinal and 12.06 seconds in the final.

She also won gold in the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham before retaining her Diamond League Trophy in Zurich with a meet record time of 12.29 seconds. Gail Devers, an American legend, held the previous record, which lasted for 22 years.

The World Athletics Federation just confirmed Amusan’s women’s world 100m hurdles record, which she achieved during the 2022 World Championships in Oregon, USA.

Amusan was also included to the Women’s World Athlete of the Year Award shortlist of five candidates.

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica leads the list, followed by Sharicka Jackson of Jamaica. Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela is third, with Sydney McLaughlin of the United States in fourth.

February 23, 2022

February 23, 2022 Inspiration 92.3 FM

Spanish Figure Skater Laura Barquero Fails Doping Test at Winter Olympics

Spanish figure skater Laura Barquero tested positive for a banned drug at the Winter Olympics according to the International Testing Agency (ITA).

According to the ITA, a sample collected on February 18 contained a clostebol metabolite that is on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s forbidden list.

In Beijing, Barquero was tested during the couples skating short program.

“The athlete has been informed. She has the right to request the analysis of the B-sample,” said the ITA.

“The matter will thereafter be referred to the anti-doping division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport [Cas] for adjudication under the IOC [International Olympic Committee] anti-doping rules applicable to the Olympic Games Beijing 2022.

“Given that the case is under way, there will be no further comments during the ongoing proceeding.”

The 20-year-old finished 11th in the pairs skating event at the Beijing Olympics with partner Maurizio Zandron.

It’s the fourth positive test from the Olympics, which was also headlined by the case of Kamila Valieva, a 15-year-old figure skater.

Despite testing positive for the prohibited angina medicine trimetazidine before the Winter Olympics, Russian Valieva was allowed to compete in Beijing.

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Super Falcons To Face Ethiopia Or Chad In Second Round Of 2024 Paris Olympic Qualifiers

Tobi Amusan Ranked Fifth Best Female Athlete For 2022

Spanish Figure Skater Laura Barquero Fails Doping Test at Winter Olympics

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