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Traces of diuretics and masking agents were found in the 16-year-old’s blood sample ‘A’ taken on 25th July while a sample ‘B’ will be tested at a laboratory in London on Wednesday.
Amalaha had been tested after she won gold in the women’s 53kg weightlifting category.
“We have issued a formal notice of disclosure to an athlete following an adverse analytical finding as a consequence of an in-competition test,” Commonwealth Games Federation Chief Executive Mike Hooper said on Tuesday.
“That athlete is Nigerian weightlifter Chika Amalaha who was tested on July 25th. That athlete has now been suspended from the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.”
Amalaha had clinched a best of 85kg before managing 111kg in the clean and jerk for a total of 196kg, to set a record the youngest Commonwealth weightlifter gold medallist.
Amalaha’s was the first doping case of the Glasgow Games and will likely once again call into question the legitimacy of weightlifting as a Commonwealth Games sport given its history of drug-related incidents.
Hooper though insisted that the sport had its place in multi-sport events.
“I think weightlifting is a fantastic sport and a strong Commonwealth and Olympic sport,” he said.
“I think the issue here is about showing we have a robust anti-doping programme in place. We want to send a message to anybody in any sport who would go down the route of taking any substance to enhance performance that they will be caught.”
Nigerian Weightlifting Federation was suspended for repeated doping violations by the International Weightlifting Federation in 2001. It was also banned from competing in the following year’s Manchester Games.
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