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15Oct/10

England’s Katherine Endacott given silver medal after Osayemi Oludamola stripped of gold for failing drugs test

Katherine Endacott has at this moment been handed the silver medal at the Commonwealth Games after Osayemi Oludamola has been stripped of her Commonwealth Games gold medal in the women’s 100m. The Commonwealth Games Federation on Tuesday said testing of Oludamola’s ‘B’ sample had confirmed a defined finding for the prohibited substance Methylhexaneamine.

31Dec/09

England deny withdrawal from games

The Athletics Federation of India’s Gurbachan Singh Randhawa, centre, with Lord Sebastian Coe and Kapil Dev at the launch of the 2010 Commonwealth Games baton relay in London. Photograph: WPA Pool/Getty Images Commonwealth Games England has strenuously denied claims that it will withdraw from next October’s event in Delhi over security concerns. A front page [...]