Nigeria’s Sprinter Divine Oduduru Is at the Verge of Been Disqualified At the Ongoing IAAF Championships in Doha,Qatar for his failure to show up for the 100m event yesterday. vc sports.sport. blog reports.

This Disqualification can only take place as a result of violating the IAAF Rules or article 142.4 which states that any athlete who fails to participate in an event he has been confirmed to participate in without a valid reason will be disqualified from further participation in the championships.

At all competitions under rules 1.1(a),(b),(c) and (f),an athlete shall be excluded from participation in all further events (including other events in which he is simultaneously participating) in the competition ,including relays,in cases where (a) a final confirmation was given that the athlete would start in an event but then failed to participate…,” reads the rule with a reminder that a fixed time for final confirmation of participation shall be published in advance.

The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) technical officials seem to have run foul of this rule and unless the IAAF could be convinced otherwise, Oduduru’s participation in the championships may not see the light of the Day .

vc sports. sport .blog gathers that the duo of Oduduru and Blessing Okagbare informed Sunday Adeleye, the technical director of the federation they would not be participating in the 100m event but their names still managed to get on the start list which indicates a final confirmation of their participation was done.

With Okagbare rumoured to have pulled out of Saturday’s women’s 100m heats,the athlete will be forced to run if her name remains on the start list or she risks disqualification.