TOKYO: The good and the ugly side of Olympic athletics were on show on Saturday as Sydney McLaughlin and Dalilah Muhammad sparkled on the track while Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare was thrown out of the Games after failing a doping test.
McLaughlin and Muhammad, her predecessor as women’s 400 metres hurdles world record holder, should put up as eye-catching a duel as the potential clash between Karsten Warholm and Rai Benjamin in the men’s race.
Okagbare by contrast will not be lining up in the women’s 100 metres semi-finals later on Saturday after it was announced she had…
