- CJ Ujah tested positive for two banned substances in Tokyo
- Case only second time a Team GB athlete has lost a medal
Britain’s 4x100m relay team has been stripped of its 2020 Olympic silver medal after CJ Ujah’s failed doping test at the Tokyo Games was confirmed. The news marks the biggest doping scandal in British Olympic history, and only the second time that a Team GB athlete has lost a medal at summer or winter Games.
The first, skier Alain Baxter, lost his alpine slalom bronze medal in 2002 after using a Vicks inhaler purchased in the US. It later transpired that the same inhaler bought in the UK did not contain the illegal substance.
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