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Great Britain stripped of Olympic silver medal after sprinter broke anti-doping rules
18.02.2022 - 21:05 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Team GB has been stripped of its silver medal from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after a sprinter was found to have violated anti-doping rules.
CJ Ujah initially won the silver medal in the men's 4x100m relay but has now been discovered to have the prohibited substances ostarine and S-23 in his system after a test was taken on August 6.
A statement issued by the Anti-Doping Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS ADD) on Friday claims that Ujah did not challenge the ruling.
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But Ujah added that 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 adds: "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 World Athletics has also been requested to consider any further action within its jurisdiction which could result in Ujah receiving a ban.
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 like to apologise to my team-mates, their families and support teams for the impact which this has had on them.
"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
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