Team GB stripped of Olympic 4x100m relay silver over CJ Ujah doping violation

Team GB have been stripped of their men’s 4×100 metres relay silver medal from last summer’s Tokyo Olympics after team member CJ Ujah was found to have breached doping rules.

Ujah was tested on the day of the final – August 6 – and his sample contained the prohibited substances ostarine and S-23.

The British quartet missed out on gold to Italy by 0.01 seconds but the team have now forfeited the silver as well. Ujah said he would “regret for the rest of his life” the pain his case had inflicted on his team-mates Zharnel Hughes, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake and Richard Kilty.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruling means Team GB’s medal tally for Tokyo drops to 64 – one less than they achieved at the London 2012 Games.

The British Olympic Association issued a scathing statement, saying Ujah’s plight should serve as a “salutary message” to anyone doping or considering doping, telling such individuals “you will get caught” and that they are “not welcome” on the team.

Ujah, 27, did not challenge the finding that he had committed an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV) due to the presence of the prohibited substances in his sample, but told the Anti-Doping Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS ADD) that the violation was due to him unknowingly consuming a contaminated supplement.

The case will now transfer to the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) to consider a ban, an issue which will be determined by its disciplinary tribunal.

I’m sorry that this situation has cost my team-mates the medals they worked so hard and so long for, and which they richly deserved. That is something I will regret for the rest of my life.- CJ Ujah

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