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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Lawrence Ostlere

CJ Ujah: Britain stripped of Olympic 4x100m silver medal after sprinter’s doping charge upheld

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Team GB have been stripped of the Olympic men’s 4x100m silver medal they won in Tokyo after CJ Ujah’s doping charge was upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

The British quartet of Ujah, Zharnel Hughes, Richard Kilty and Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake were pipped on the line by Italy in the race in Japan on 6 August, with Canada finishing third and China fourth. However, Ujah was provisionally suspended after testing positive for prohibited substances ostarine and S-2, and his B sample later corroborated the findings.

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