Izuchukwu OkosiTobi Amusan tops a list of four high profile athletes missing from Nigeria’s contingent to the 2023 World Athletics Championship in Budapest, Hungary following the recent investigation by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) into her absence from three mandatory drugs test.
The ‘whereabout’ test is made compulsory for all professional athletes who must intimate the ruling body of their calendar of events for the year and locations.
Random tests could be carried out by the AIU including for athletes in the collegiates.
Amusan was conspicuously missing from the list released by the Athletics Federation of Nigeria and made available to the sporting media.
Also missing out from the Budapest part due to illness is Godson Brume, as well as the duo of Udodi Owuzuruike and Mike Edwards.
Godson Brume’s sister, Ese, is widely considered as the biggest medal prospect from the list of athletes that made the cut.
The reality television star was part of the country’s last appearance at the World Athletics Championship in Oregon, USA in 2022.
The event begins on August 19 and runs until August 27.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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