Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Basketball - Men - Group B - Italy v Nigeria - Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan - July 31, 2021. Chimezie Metu of Nigeria in action at the rim with Nicolo Mannion of Italy REUTERS/Brian Snyder
SAITAMA (Reuters) - Nigerian basketball player Chimezie Metu and head coach Michael Brown blasted the nation's government and Olympic committee on Saturday for lack of support of their athletes at the Games.
The comments came after Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare was provisionally suspended https://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-2020-ath-okagbare/olympics-athletics-nigerian-sprinter-okagbare-banned-after-failing-drugs-test-idUSKBN2F100E following a positive test for human growth hormone and 10 track and field athletes were ruled ineligible for failing to meet minimum testing requirements.
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