British Olympics 4x100m relay silver medalist chijindu ujahoK B-sample also confirmed adverse analytical finding (AAF) and their case will be referred to Court of Arbitration for Sports, ns international testing agency (ITA) said on Tuesday.
Ujah was temporarily suspended for allegedly violating anti-doping rules at the Tokyo Games last month after Ostarine and S-23 – both substances prohibited by the World Anti-Doping Organization WADA – were found in his samples. Were.
Ujah and his relay teammate Jarnell Hughes, Richard Kilty And Nathaniel Mitchell-Blake is in danger of losing his medal. If the ban is upheld, Canada will receive the silver and China the bronze.
“The CAS Anti-Doping Division will consider the discovery of an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) and the disqualification of the men’s 4×100 relay results of the Great Britain team,” the ITA said in a statement.
“In this regard, in accordance with the IOC ADR and World Athletics Anti-Doping Rules: ‘Where an athlete who has committed an anti-doping rule violation competes as a member of a relay team, the relay team will automatically be disqualified from the incident concerned’.
“The matter will be referred to the Athletics Integrity Unit (World Athletics) for compliance with the restrictions beyond the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.”
British Olympic Association President Hugh Robertson has said it would be “tragic” if other members of the relay team were stripped of their silver medals for violating UJAH’s anti-doping rules.
Ujah was temporarily suspended for allegedly violating anti-doping rules at the Tokyo Games last month after Ostarine and S-23 – both substances prohibited by the World Anti-Doping Organization WADA – were found in his samples. Were.
Ujah and his relay teammate Jarnell Hughes, Richard Kilty And Nathaniel Mitchell-Blake is in danger of losing his medal. If the ban is upheld, Canada will receive the silver and China the bronze.
“The CAS Anti-Doping Division will consider the discovery of an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) and the disqualification of the men’s 4×100 relay results of the Great Britain team,” the ITA said in a statement.
“In this regard, in accordance with the IOC ADR and World Athletics Anti-Doping Rules: ‘Where an athlete who has committed an anti-doping rule violation competes as a member of a relay team, the relay team will automatically be disqualified from the incident concerned’.
“The matter will be referred to the Athletics Integrity Unit (World Athletics) for compliance with the restrictions beyond the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.”
British Olympic Association President Hugh Robertson has said it would be “tragic” if other members of the relay team were stripped of their silver medals for violating UJAH’s anti-doping rules.
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