The man at the centre of the doping scandal involving Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare, Eric Lira, has pleaded guilty to the charges brought against him by the United States authorities.
The U.S. authorities revealed the Texas therapist faces up to 10 years in prison after admitting to supplying performance-enhancing drugs to Olympic athletes, including the banned Okagbare.
Eric Lira, a “naturopathic” therapist based in the city of El Paso, is the first individual to be convicted under a new U.S. law introduced in the wake of Russia’s state-backed Olympic doping scandals, the Department of Justice said in a statement.
