Zharnel Hughes has publicly forgiven CJ Ujah for costing him a Tokyo Olympic medal with his failed drugs test.
The European 100m champion was one of three innocent victims when Olympic chiefs stripped Great Britain’s men of their sprint relay silver medal last summer.
Richard Kilty and Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake were the others and Kilty said he could never forgive Ujah for his “sloppy and reckless” behaviour.
But, speaking at the British Athletics Championships, Hughes said: “I forgive him. It’s sad and I felt bad obviously. I was a part of the team so obviously I was going to feel it.
“But I can’t change anything, I can’t do anything about it. It’s gone. We’ve been removed from the history books.
“I haven’t spoken to him in a long time,” added Hughes, who qualified second fastest for the men’s 100m semi-finals in 10.18secs.
“But the last time I did he apologised and said sorry. He’s a great guy regardless. I don’t show him any disrespect.”
Dina Asher-Smith (11.16secs) eased into the semi-final of the women’s 100m - hours after one of her main World Championship podium rivals failed to qualify at the US Trials.
Sha’Carri Richardson, the sixth fastest woman of all time, was out to make up for missing the Olympics after testing positive for marijuana.
But on the Eugene track where the Worlds are being held in three weeks, track and field’s young anti-hero could finish only fifth in her heat. Melissa Jefferson went on to take the final in 10.69.
These Worlds are a big deal given that the global showpiece has never before been staged in the US - and men’s reigning 100m champion Christian Coleman is fired up to be there.
Coleman, 26, missed the Olympics due to an 18-month ban for missing three drugs tests.
"There's so many opportunities to mess up,” he said after winning his heat in 10.08secs, clocking 9.87 in the semi-finals then scratching from the final as he automatically qualifies for the Worlds as reigning champion. “You've got to be perfect at this level.”
Fred Kerley, 27, who took Olympic silver behind shock Italian winner Marcell Jacobs in Tokyo, won the final in a time of 9.77, having clocked a personal best and world leading 9.76 in his semi-final. Marvin Bracy (9.85) and Trayvon Bromell (9.88) were second and third.
The British Trials, taking place in Manchester this weekend, operate a different qualifying system to the Americans, with the first two finishers gaining automatic selection providing they have achieved the qualifying time. The third spot is at the digression of the electors.
US-bound team members will wear a new team kit which includes the long-awaited return of the Union Jack flag - at the request of athletes and fans across the UK.
At the Jamaican Championships in Kingston Shericka Jackson ran 10.76 to beat Olympic 100m champion Elaine Thompson-Herah for her first national title.
