Ex-student could lose Olympic silver medal

A foRmER Loughborough College student faces losing his olympic silver medal after a team-mate’s B sample came back positive for banned substances.

CJ Ujah provided the sample on August 6, the International Testing Agency (ITA) said, the same day that he was part of the British team which won silver in the men’s 4×100 metres relay alongside Loughborough’s Richard Kilty, Zharnel Hughes and Nethaneel mitchell-Blake.

The agency said now the B sample had confirmed the result of his A sample, his case had been referred to the Court of Arbitration’s AntiDoping Division.

The court division will consider the finding of an anti-doping rule violation and the disqualification of the British relay team, the ITA said.

Ujah was provisionally suspended following the result of the A sample last month and released a statement on August 14 saying he was “shocked and devastated” by the outcome of the test.

He said: “To be absolutely clear, I am not a cheat and I have never and would never knowingly take a banned substance.

“I love my sport and I know my responsibilities both as an athlete and as a team-mate.”

Ujah’s sample returned an adverse analytical finding for the prohibited substances ostarine and S-23, the ITA said.

These substances are selective androgen receptor modulators similar to steroids and help with building muscle.

If the case against Ujah is proven, the British relay quartet are likely to be stripped of their silver medals.