The Canadian men’s 4x100m relay team was upgraded to silver on Thursday as Britain, who finished second in the race, were called back to return their medals after a doping offense by sprinter CJ Ujah. “We are delighted that the 4×100 meter athletes will receive the medal they won and we know that their performance inspired many during the difficult second summer of the pandemic,” said Eric Miles, chief athletic director of the Canadian Olympic Committee. in the Canadian Press. “Although the anti-doping process has worked, it is disappointing that we still see cases of doping stealing athletes’ time at the Games. “We have not yet received a timetable for the awarding of the silver medals.” Ujah and the British team held just 1/100 of a second behind champions Italy (35.5 seconds). Canada, with Andre De Grasse, Brendon Rodney, Aaron Brown and Jerome Blake in the final, took the bronze in 37.70 seconds. A sample taken from Ujah after the race was found to contain the banned substances ostarine and S-23, which are selective androgen receptor modulators for muscle building. Ujah’s claim that he unknowingly swallowed the substance was later rejected.
Zharnel Hughes, Richard Kilty and Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake competed alongside Ujah. “With real regret we had to ask for the medals, the certificates and the pins, especially for the three athletes who were affected without their own responsibility,” said Andy Ansson, CEO of the British Olympic Association. “It simply came to our notice then [Court of Arbitration for Sport] “and we must abide by it, as we were clear that this must happen in other nations whose athletes have violated doping rules.”

Seventh silver for Canada in Tokyo

China, which finished fourth in the tournament, is expected to upgrade to bronze. Along with seven gold medals, Canada can now claim seven silver and 10 bronze medals from Tokyo 2020, for a total of 24 podium appearances. It becomes the second silver medal in De Gras’s Olympic career and the local Scarborough of Aude. now has a medal of every color from Tokyo. He also won 200m gold and 100m bronze. Britain has only won two Olympic medals in the past – both bronze. Judoka Kerry Brown tested positive for a diuretic at the 1988 Seoul Games – claiming she did not know the substance was banned – and a banned stimulant methamphetamine was found in skier Alain Baxter’s sample at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games. inhaler. The process of upgrading medals after a doping violation can be tedious. Canadian Dylan Armstrong finished fourth in shot put at the Beijing Olympics in 2008 and thus never climbed the Olympic podium. Years later, it was upgraded to bronze after Andrei Mikhnevich of Belarus was banned from doping. Armstrong finally received his medal – Canada’s first shot at the Olympics – at a ceremony in his hometown of Kamloops, BC, in 2015, seven years after the actual fight.