British relay team have their medals taken away after CJ Ujah returned a positive drugs test following final in Tokyo

British athlete Richard Kilty says he is heartbroken after finding out that his Olympic silver medal will be stripped from him because of a failed doping test by his team-mate CJ Ujah. Kilty – along with Ujah, Zharnel Hughes and Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake – finished one-hundredth of a second behind Italy to take second place in the 4x100m relay in Tokyo last year.

Ad/> After the event Ujah was immediately tested, with the results showing that he had tested positive for ostarine, which is used to treat muscle wasting and osteoporosis, and S-23, which promotes muscle growth and bone health. Tokyo 2020Team GB stripped of Tokyo 2020 4x100m relay silver medal after Ujah loses doping case9 HOURS AGO Italy roar back to snatch gold from Britain in men’s 4x100m relay thriller 'A fantastic night for Team GB' — Relay teams and Muir celebrate together after medals Team GB stripped of Tokyo 2020 4x100m relay silver medal after Ujah loses doping case With the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruling that the quartet should lose their medals, Kilty admitted the decision is difficult to take.

Speaking to BBC Radio Tees Sport, the 32-year-old said: «I feel sad all round. It's just a devastating situation.

»It's absolutely heartbreaking to finally hear the news that the medal is going to be stripped and wiped from history." For Kilty, the loss of his medal is about more than his own personal pride. «The happiness for me was to win an Olympic medal and give it to my son for him to take it into school and say: 'My dad won an Olympic medal.' I never got to do that.