Glasgow: Nigerian teenage weightlifter Chika Amalaha has been provisionally suspended from the Commonwealth Games after testing positive in a doping test taken after she won gold in the women’s 53kg category, it was announced on Tuesday.
The 16-year-old Amalaha provided an ‘A’ sample on July 25, which revealed traces of diuretics and masking agents.
She will have a ‘B’ sample tested at a laboratory in London on July 30.
Amalaha snatched a best of 85kg before managing 111kg in the clean and jerk for a total of 196kg, to become the youngest Commonwealth weightlifter gold medallist.
If guilty, Matsa Santoshi’s bronze could be upgraded to silver, while another Indian, Swati Singh, who finished fourth in the competition, could also move a place up for the bronze. (Agencies)