COACH ADURRA HITS BACK AT CRITICS WITH HEAVY PUNCHES ON DOPING RUMOUR
It’s all cheap journalism by some of Nigeria’s gutter press, says a defiant Adurra.
Nigeria’s boxing coach at the 2024 Paris Olympics Adurra Olaleyin has scoffed at critics linking him to the doping allegations at the Paris 2024 Olympics involving African Games lightweight champion Cynthia Ogunsemilore.
“This is simply character assasination, they are looking for positions in the Nigerian board, and I’m not going to allow them,” Adurra, a silver medallist at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, told boxersworld.co.ke from his San Antonio base in the USA.
“They can say whatever they want, it’s a free world. I will release a comprehensive statement in due course.”
“This is total nonsense! It’s a serious allegation of which there will be consequences for it. I don’t have to explain myself again to anyone but I will take lega action that will speak louder than words could,” said a fuming Adurra.
Nairasports, an online Nigerian sports publication, has linked Adurra to Ogunsemilore’s doping revelation in the Paris Olympics.
The 22-year-old Nigerian star boxer, who won bronze at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, allegedly tested positive for furosemide, a banned substance classified as a masking agent.
The out-of-competition sample was conducted by International Testing Agency (ITA) on behalf of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Ogun, as she is popularly known in the boxing circles in Nigeria, said the story is pure malice.
“The story is a big lie, I have a lot of respect for my coach Adurra.”
On how she’s getting on with life since her Paris Olympics disappointment, Ogunsemilore said the going is hard but assured me she’ll survive.
“I’m appealing to the International Boxing Association not to forget me, I want to take part in the Champions Night,” said Cynthia, adding: “That was just a plot to deny me winning a gold medal in Paris, I’ve never doped.”
Ogunsemilore was programmed to fight Shih Yi Wu of Chinese Taipei in her Olympic debut before the yet unsubstantiated doping allegation by the IOC.
