I’m gutted for sprint relay bruv
Kilty could lose Tokyo silver medal
OLYMPIC sprinter Richard Kilty will be “devastated” if he is stripped of his silver medal after a teammate failed a drug test, says his brother.
CJ Ujah, one of Team GB’s 4x100m relay team in Tokyo, has been suspended for an anti-doping violation after testing positive for two banned substances.
Unless he can adequately explain how the substances got in his body, the whole team will lose their medals.
The rest of the team – Kilty, Zharnel Hughes and Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake – have so far not commented.
They claimed silver in Tokyo after Italy beat them by just 0.01 seconds.
Nicknamed the Teesside Tornado, 31-year-old Kilty had a hero’s welcome in his home town of Stockton.
But older brother Kevin said he was “gutted for him” as he faces having his medal taken away. Kevin, 41, said: “It’s such a shame. He might not go to another Olympics.
“Sprinting is like football, you only have a certain amount of time until you’re past your prime.
“He worked so hard for this, ever since he was a lad. We didn’t have the easiest of childhoods – he could have gone down one of two paths, and he chose the right path. We grew up on a tough estate, but he got himself out and did well for himself – especially given what he was exposed to. He’ll be devastated.
“I’m so proud of him. He’s done nothing wrong, this is so unfair.”
If the suspension is upheld Ujah would face a four-year ban in the biggest doping scandal in British Olympic history. There is no suggestion any of his teammates had positive tests.
Telling how Kilty has always been anti-drugs, Kevin said: “He’s been so careful since he started. When he went out he’d worry about drugs being slipped in his drinks.
“He didn’t really drink alcohol, but he was even careful with soft drinks. He knew how easily his success could be taken away.
“The fact he was so careful makes this worse. He doesn’t deserve it.”
This week the Athletics Integrity Unit confirmed Ujah had been provisionally suspended after a test showed the “presence/use of a prohibited substance (Ostarine and S-23)”.
Both help with building muscle. The British Olympic Association said: “We will respect due process in this matter.”
Ujah, 27, can request a second analysis before the case goes to arbitration.
Richard worked so hard for this, it is so unfair BROTHER KEVIN KILTY ON THREAT TO MEDALS