North East Olympian Richard Kilty stripped of silver medal after team-mate's doping violation

Teesside Olympian Richard Kilty has said it was "heartbreaking" to be stripped of his Olympics silver medal alongside his relay team-mates.

Kilty, who is from Stockton-on-Tees, ran a remarkable third leg for the GB team in the 4x100m relay in Tokyo but narrowly lost out to Italy for the coveted gold medal.

But it later emerged that team-mate CJ Ujah tested positive for the prohibited substances ostarine and S-23 after the race, which took place on August 6, 2021.

And now, the doping violation has led to the whole team having their prized medal revoked.

A statement issued by the Anti-Doping Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS ADD) on Friday revealed that Ujah did not challenge the anti-doping rule violation, but argued he had "not knowingly or intentionally doped, suggesting that the source of the prohibited substances could have been the ingestion of a contaminated supplement".

The statement added: "The CAS ADD sole arbitrator issued the present decision in which she determined, to her comfortable satisfaction, that an anti-doping rule violation had been committed."

The CAS ADD statement said that World Athletics is requested to consider any further action within its jurisdiction, including a decision on whether to impose a ban on Ujah.

The 27-year-old athlete said in a statement: "I accept the decision issued by the Court of Arbitration for Sport today with sadness.

"I would like to make it clear that I unknowingly consumed a contaminated supplement and this was the reason why an anti-doping rule violation occurred at the Tokyo Olympic Games.

"I sincerely regret that this has inadvertently led to the forfeiture of the men's 4x100m relay team's Olympic silver medals at the Tokyo Olympic Games.

"I would