Long jumper Ajunwa switches to chess after life ban


LAGOS: Nigeria’s long jump gold medallist at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics Chioma Ajunwa, banned for life after twice failing drug tests, has taken up competitive chess. 

“Life has to go on,” said the 33-year-old Ajunwa after she won her chess match at the on-going National Sports Festival in Abuja, where she is representing Rivers State.  

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