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Nigerian Athletes Protest Olympic Bans, Allege Officials Led to Missed Doping Tests

Nigerian athletes banned from the Tokyo Olympics are protesting officials Friday in Japan:

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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TeamNigeria?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TeamNigeria</a> athletes are protesting in Tokyo.<br><br>• Negligence of incompetent administrators ensured 10 of them are banned from <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Olympics?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Olympics</a><br><br>• ud83cuddf3ud83cuddec officials refused to release Samsung S20+ 5G phone gifts by Samsung (which costs $1,000+) to the disqualified athletes.<br><br>What a shame! <a href="https://t.co/Ql7sihOMIm">pic.twitter.com/Ql7sihOMIm</a>

Chioma Onyekwere, OLY

The 10 of us will not be competing, but that won’t stop us for speaking up on how we feel robbed from this experience. <a href="https://t.co/4c9VJtI926">pic.twitter.com/4c9VJtI926</a>

The 10 track and field competitors qualified for the Olympics but they are unable to compete after failing to take the three mandatory out-of-competition tests, according to Tunde Eludini of the Premium Times.