Nigeria’s Amalaha stripped of weightlifting gold


GLASGOW (Reuters) - Nigeria teenager Chika Amalaha has been stripped of her Commonwealth Games weightlifting gold medal after failing a doping test, the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) said on Friday.

The 16-year-old, who won gold in the women’s women's 53kg competition, provided positive ‘A’ and ‘B’ samples that contained prohibited diuretics and masking agents.

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