Athletics
Committees set up for Gombe Inter Secondary Schools Competition
The chairman of the Main Organizing Committee of Gombe State Inter Secondary Schools Athletic Competition, Ahmed Shuaibu Gara Gombe has set up the supporting bodies for the maiden edition of the event.
According to a press release, the Main Organizing Committee
met at the Conference Hall of GOFCECON Hotel to prepare grounds for the hosting of the competition.
In a communique signed by Gara Gombe seven sub -committees were constituted as follows:
1.Technical, Ceremonial, Entertainment and Training
a) Zainab Ishaku Adamu – Ministry of Youth and sports. Chairman
b) Sani Nuhu Abdullahi – NAATO. Member
c) Isa Dauda Zambuk – GWG. Member
d) Prince Simon Ayuba – GWG. Secretary
2. Media and Publicity
a) Mal Haruna Zakari — GAA. Chairman
b) Uzor Odigbo — GWG. Member
c) Abraham Fashakin- North East Times. Member
d) Yakubu Maikudi – NTA Gombe. Secretary
3. Accreditation and Security
a) ASP Jauro Usman – NPF. Chairman
b) SP I Jerry Ketos Turawa- Gostec. Member
c) ASC Ishaku Ibrahim – NCDC. Secretary
4. Accommodation, Transportation and Logistics Committee
a) Mal Ali Doho – Ministry of Education . Chairman
b) Mr Adamu Tanko – NAPPS. Member
c) Obehi Kingspin -NAPPS. Secretary
5. Medical and Welfare
a) Mohammed Abubakar Ahmed. Ministry of Health- Chairman
b) Red Cross – Member
c) Stephen Agboh – NAPPS. Secretary
6. General Duties
a) Ahmed Shuaibu Gara Gombe – CEO. GWG. Chairman
b) Mal Musa Garba – GAA Secretary
7. Secretariat
a) Ibrahim Audu – Ministry of Education. Chairman
b) Mohammed Musa Baba – Northeast Times. Member
c) Haruna Isah Kalshingi – GWG. Secretary.
He noted that capacity training would be compulsory for all secondary schools games masters prior to the competition.
In addition to the secondary schools in Gombe State, invitation will be extended to a private and public secondary schools across the six states of the North East zone.
There will be free accommodation and feeding for the schools that registered for the invitational relay. The competition is categorised to feature cadets, youths and 65 under 20 registered schools and approximately.
In all, it is approximated that 2,367 school students will be involved.
Athletics
Behold, CAS statement on Tobi Amusan
Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan is the winner as the Court of Arbitration for Sports, CAS has rejected the appeals filed by World Athletics and WADA.
The decision confirms the decision taken by the World Athletics disciplinary tribunal finding that Tobi Amusan did not commit any anti-doping rule violation.
Here is the full statement of CAS.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has dismissed the appeals filed by
World Athletics (WA) and by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) against the decision issued on 17 August 2023 (the Challenged Decision) by the World Athletics Disciplinary Tribunal (WADT) in relation to the hurdler Oluwatobiloba (Tobi) Amusan (Nigeria).
Accordingly, the Challenged Decision in which the WADT considered that Tobi Amusan did not violate Rule 2.4 of the WA Anti-Doping Rules (WA ADR) and that no period of ineligibility should be imposed on the Athlete is confirmed.
The Athlete was initially charged with committing an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) under Rule 2.4 WA ADR following three alleged Whereabouts Failures within a 12-month period.
In their respective appeal to CAS, WA and WADA had sought the imposition of a two-year period of ineligibility. The CAS Panel held a hearing on 19 January 2024. Having deliberated, the CAS Panel has issued its decision today dismissing both appeals. The CAS Panel unanimously acknowledged that the Athlete committed two filing failures but did not confirm the existence of a missed test, alleged by WA and WADA, which would have been the third Whereabouts Failure committed within a 12-month
period. Accordingly, the CAS Panel concluded that the Athlete did not commit an ADRV and that the Challenged Decision should be confirmed.
The reasoned award will be published by CAS unless the parties request confidentiality.
Athletics
Tobi Amusan floors WADA and World Athletics!
Nigeria’s Paris 2024 medal hopeful, Tobi Amusan has been cleared as the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) has dismissed the appeal filed by World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the World Athletics.
She is therefore cleared to feature at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Amusan is the 100m hurdles world record holder.
The athlete was charged in July last year with missing three anti-doping tests in 12 months but was cleared of the offence by the Disciplinary Tribunal of the sport’s governing body, World Athletics.
The Integrity Unit of the World Athletics appealed the clearance which has now been dismissed by CAS, the final arbiter in the case.
CAS in its statement remarked that its panel “unanimously acknowledged that the athlete committed two filing failures but did not confirm the existence of a missed test, alleged by WA and WADA, which would have been the third Whereabouts Failure committed within 12 months.”
Amusan set the world record of 12.12 seconds in the world championships in Eugene, Oregon, in July 2022 and went on to win the title.
She finished sixth in the world championships in Budapest last year.
World Athletics’ anti-doping rules say any athlete failing to declare their whereabouts for a doping test on three occasions over 12 months is ineligible to compete for two years.
Athletics
Tobi Amusan thanks God for success at CAS in doping case
An elated Nigeria’s 100m hurdles world record holder, Tobi Amusan has thanked God for her success in an appeal filled against her by the Athletics Integrity Unit of the World Athletics.
Had the appeal been upheld, ,Amusan would have has to miss the Paris 2024 Olymoics.
“It’s ALL GOD” Amusan said in an Instagram post alongside the court’s announcement.
Amusan, who broke the world record during her semi-final race at the 2022 world championships, is a hot favourite in her signature event at the Paris Olympics, which begin on July 26.
World Athletics and WADA did not immediately respond to Reuters’ request for comment.
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