Glasgow 2014: Gold medallist Chika Amalaha fails drugs test

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div id="headline"> <h1 class="story-header" itemprop="headline" style="font-weight: normal; margin: -2px 0px 18px; padding: 0px 0px 6px;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">G</span></span><img src="webkit-fake-url://849CE1FF-3F0D-4462-BE0B-A89CF7E68BD5/imagejpeg" />Glasgow<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-size: small;"> 2014: Gold medallist Chika Amalaha fails drugs test</span></h1> </div> <div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1" itemprop="description" style="margin-top: 20px; padding: 0px 0px 12px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Nigerian gold medallist Chika Amalaha has been provisionally suspended from the Commonwealth Games for failing a drugs test.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 12px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The 16-year-old won weightlifting gold <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/commonwealth-games/28496260" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">with a combined total of 196kg in the women's 53kg category.</a></span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 12px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Her 'A' sample was found to contain both amiloride and hydrochlorothiazide, which are both prohibited as diuretics and masking agents.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 12px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Amalaha will now have a 'B' sample tested on Wednesday.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 12px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Amalaha won gold last Friday, as Dika Toua took silver to secure Papua New Guinea's first medal of Glasgow 2014, with India's Santoshi Matsa winning bronze.</span></div> <div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1" itemprop="description" style="margin-top: 20px; padding: 0px 0px 12px;"> <br /></div> </div>

Glasgow 2014: Gold medallist Chika Amalaha fails drugs test

G Glasgow  2014: Gold medallist Chika Amalaha fails drugs test Nigerian gold medallist Chika Amalaha has been provisionally suspended ...

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