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Tokyo Olympics: China closer to 4x100m relay bronze, with Britain set to be stripped of silver after CJ Ujah B-sample positive

  • Case against British sprinter goes to Court of Arbitration for Sport as B-sample shows banned substances
  • Medal would be first for Chinese sprinters in the Olympic event, after team finished fourth in final ahead of Jamaica

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China’s Wu Zhiqiang competes during the men’s 4x100m relay final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Photo: Xinhua
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China’s hopes of adding another medal to their Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games tally were given a boost as Great Britain’s 4x100m relay silver medal appears almost certain to be stripped as part of an ongoing drug scandal involving sprinter Chijinda “CJ” Ujah.

On Tuesday the International Testing Agency confirmed that Ujah’s B-sample showed the same prohibited substances as his A-sample revealed last month following the closing of the Tokyo Games

The ITA had announced on August 12 that Ujah, who was part of Britain’s silver medal sprint team just pipped by Italy, had returned an Adverse Analytical Finding (AAF) from an in-competition test following the race on August 6.

Ujah was entitled to have the B-sample tested, which he requested, and the ITA said on Tuesday that the same two banned substances – Ostarine and S-23 – were confirmed in that second test.

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“The ITA confirms that as per the athlete’s request, the B-sample analysis was carried out by the WADA-accredited laboratory of Tokyo on 19 August 2021 and the procedure confirmed the result of the A-sample,” an ITA statement said.

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