Athletics
Binatone hosts Olympic medalist, Ese Brume
It was a moment of joy for Ese Brume one of the two Nigerian athletes who won medals at the Tokyo 2002 Olympics held last year.
Brime won a bronze medal in the women’s long jump event. She was hosted along with her coach, Kayode Yaya by Binatone Nigeria at a brief but impressive ceremony in Lagos on tuesday.
The hosting of the Olympic Games medallist had been delayed owing to the absence of the athlete who had been out of the country on international engagements.
Binatone had earlier hosted another medallist, Blessing Oborodudu a silver medal in women’s wrestling event (free style 68kg) in Lagos on October 28, 2021.
Welcoming guests to the ceremony, Binatone Managing Director, Mr Prasun Banerjee commended the two medalists for making Nigeria proud at the Olympic Games.
“We in Binatone are excited by the excellence performance of both Ese Brume and Blessing Oborodudu and congratulate them for their achievement at the Tokyo Olympics.”
According to him, Binatone as a responsible corporate entity in Nigeria has deemed it fit to celebrate the medalists as its own modest way of encouraging the Athletes, their coaches, and the development of sports in the country.
“Binatone has been operating in Nigeria for over 50 years. We are celebrating these medalists to encourage them to achieve greater heights in future.
“With their achievements at the Olympics, they have made Nigeria proud and have become role models to the youths in their immediate environment and the country at large” he stated.
The Chairman of Binatone Nigeria, Alhaji Ibrahim Francis Ogboro, the Dan Darman Kabi (Argungu) expressed his excitement at the impressive performance of the Athletes at the Olympics and encouraged them to work very hard to win more laurels for the country in future.
“We in Binatone are very proud of your performance at the recent Olympic games. You have made our country proud. Our company will continue to honor and encourage you to train harder and perform better in future engagements.”
He stressed the need for continuous efforts to develop sports in Nigeria because it has become a unifying factor across the world.
Responding, Brume was full of appreciation to Binatone Nigeria for the honour done to her stressing her that it will spur her to win more laurels for the country in future sport outings.
Her Coach, Kayode Yaya also thanked the Management of Binatone for honouring them.
“This is the first time we are being honoured after the Olympic games. What you have done for us today will inspire me to put in my best to ensure that Ese gets to the peak of her carrier. We are indeed grateful to Binatone Nigeria.”
A record 6,000 runners, local and international from across the African continent and Nigeria have registered for the second edition of the Lotus Bank Abeokuta 10km Run slated for September 28, 2024, as the organisers, Nilayo Sports Management Limited guns for a bronze label status for the race.
The Chief Operating Officer of Nilayo Sports Management Limited, Ebidowie Oweifie, noted that the theme of this year’s edition of the Abeokuta 10km Race titled ‘For Greatness’ out is out to commemorate the birthday anniversary of the Egba paramount ruler, the Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo 111, the 10km Run will flag off at Iyana Oloke at 6am and finish at The Alake Palace, Abeokuta.
Kenya’s Peter Nwaniki is the men’s race defending champion at a time of 28 minutes 14 seconds, while Shamila Kipsirir also of Kenya is the women’s defending champion.
Nigeria’s race men’s defending champion is Francis James at 31minutes 08seconds, while the women’s defending champion is Patience Daylop at 36 minutes 31 seconds.
The second edition of Abeokuta10km Race will be sponsored by Lotus Bank, FEBBS Premium Water, Fatgbems Petroleum Limited and Cash Token.
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.
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.
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