World Championship: Team Nigeria Athletes Don Complete Gene Test

Nigeria female athletes wey go represent the country for the World Championships wey dey come for Tokyo don quietly do the gene test wey compulsory, as World Athletics don talk say make e happen before the deadline of September 1st. For March, World Athletics, wey be the people wey dey in charge of the sport, approve say make dem start to do this kind test to confirm the biological sex of athletes.

One senior official from the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) don confirm say the gene test for the athletes don complete, but e talk under condition say make dem no call name. “Our female athletes wey dey go World Championships for Tokyo don finish their gene testing,”, the official talk. “Because the process dey confidential, I no fit talk who do the test, and I no go fit give specific details about when or where the test happen. But wetin I fit assure you be say AFN dey fully committed to follow World Athletics rules,” he tell Nation correspondent.