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The Guardian - UK
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Exclusive by Ben Bloom

‘I feel like a kid again’: CJ Ujah returns to the track and targets redemption in Paris

CJ Ujah (No 4) runs in the 100m at the Lee Valley Sprint Night in north London.
CJ Ujah (No 4) runs in the 100m at the Lee Valley Sprint Night in north London. Photograph: Ben Bloom

Hidden in plain sight among the teenagers and pensioners who have paid their £14 entry fee to compete at the Lee Valley Sprint Night is a Team GB star who has not stepped onto the track since failing a drugs test at the Tokyo Olympics; a contrite athlete seeking a new beginning.

Cheered on by his close friend Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake – one of the British quartet who lost their Olympic 4x100 metres silver medal because of his actions – CJ Ujah does what for so long had been commonplace: he wins a race. Two, in fact.

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