{"id":2543,"date":"2022-02-19T08:32:58","date_gmt":"2022-02-19T08:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/?p=2543"},"modified":"2022-02-19T08:32:58","modified_gmt":"2022-02-19T08:32:58","slug":"britain-stripped-of-olympic-4x100m-silver-medal-after-cj-ujahs-doping-violation-is-upheld","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/britain-stripped-of-olympic-4x100m-silver-medal-after-cj-ujahs-doping-violation-is-upheld\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain Stripped of Olympic 4x100m Silver Medal After CJ Ujah\u2019s Doping Violation is Upheld"},"content":{"rendered":"

The British men\u2019s sprint relay quartet have been stripped of the Olympic silver medal they won in Tokyo last summer as a result of a positive drugs test by CJ Ujah.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ujah tested positive for ostarine and S-23, which can be used as an alternative to anabolic steroids, after the event on August 6 and now the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) have ruled that he, Richard Kilty, Zharnel Hughes and Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake have been disqualified.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ujah responded to the news by issuing a public apology to his team-mates and their families, but insisted that he did not knowingly take the banned substances.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThat is something I will regret for the rest of my life,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

In his hearing Ujah blamed contaminated supplements. The CAS, however, dismissed his defence.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 27-year-old Londoner now must wait to discover what sanctions he will receive from the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU); he faces up to a four-year ban.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is only the third time in Olympic history that a British athlete has been stripped of a medal after the skier Alain Baxter and the judoka Kerrith Brown lost their bronze medals in 2002 and 1988 respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n

The British Olympic Association (BOA) was scathing in its response, apologising to the other teams in the relay while also pointing the finger of blame firmly at Ujah.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are incredibly disappointed that we find ourselves in this position, following confirmation of Chijindu Ujah\u2019s positive sample,\u201d a statement from the BOA read.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAll athletes, wherever they are from, deserve to go to the start line knowing they are in a clean competition. It is with deep sorrow that colleagues and opponents of Ujah were not able to be reassured of this fact in Tokyo.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The BOA made the point that their athletes receive the proper education about doping and the potential risks of supplements.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere is and can be no excuse for doping,\u201d the statement added.<\/span><\/p>\n

The CAS dismissed his defence that he had taken the substances accidentally, with Ujah accepting their decision without challenge.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI 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,\u201d Ujah said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI would like to apologise to my team-mates, their families and support teams for the impact which this has had on them. I\u2019m sorry that this situation has cost my team-mates the medals they worked so hard and so long for.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The BOA statement continued: \u201cHaving spent the last few years retrospectively awarding numerous British athletes with medals they should have won on the day at Beijing 2008, London 2012 and Sochi 2014, we understand first-hand the hurt and loss doping can cause.<\/span><\/p>\n

“On behalf of everyone in British sport we unreservedly apologise to the athletes whose moment was lost in Tokyo due to the actions of Ujah.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are also disappointed for the three colleagues of Ujah who, through no fault of their own, will now lose their silver medals. We note Ujah\u2019s statement, and we welcome his contrition.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“That said, this should act as a salutary message for anyone \u2014 British or otherwise \u2014 who is doping or considering doping as a way of boosting their athletic performance. You will get caught. You are not welcome on our team and nor are you representative of our values, or of our nation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

It amounted to a most uncomfortable day for British athletics, given that there was also news of a massive ten-year doping ban for a member of an elite sprinting group that boasts two British athletes in its ranks.<\/span><\/p>\n

Adam Gemili and Laviai Nielsen have been removed from UK Athletics\u2019 World Class Programme after opting to stay with Rana Reider\u2019s Tumbleweed Track Club in Jacksonville, Florida, despite the American coach being the subject of an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by the US Center for SafeSport.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The British men\u2019s sprint relay quartet have been stripped of the Olympic silver medal they won in Tokyo…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[447,453,450,452,449,451],"class_list":{"0":"post-2543","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-aiu","9":"tag-atletics","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-cas","12":"tag-cj-ujah","13":"tag-doping"},"yoast_head":"\nBritain Stripped of 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