The International Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) announced yesterday that British male sprinter Uja had violated anti-doping rules by cancelling the British team's silver medal in the men's 4×100m relay at the Tokyo Olympics. The Chinese team will take the bronze medal in the event and create its best record in Olympic history.
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On August 12 last year, the official website of the International Doping Agency (WADA) said that British track and field athlete Gitdou Uja had violated anti-doping rules. The samples were collected by the agency after Uja participated in the men's 4x100m final in athletics at the Tokyo Olympics on August 6, and the laboratory accredited by the World Anti-Doping Agency reported the results on the 8th.
Uja used two illicit drugs. One is called Ostarine, a selective androgen receptor modulator that is directly involved in the body's anabolic metabolism and can be used for muscle growth or muscle preservation. Another illicit drug, called S23, is also a selective androgen receptor modulator.
On the evening of September 14, Beijing time, the International Testing Agency (ITA) announced on its official website that the urine sample of the B bottle of the British sprinter Uja was also positive for the A bottle. This means that Uja's doping test samples were determined to contain prohibited ingredients.
The British team, who finished runner-up in the men's 4×100 relay at the Tokyo Olympics, was Uja
Uja did not question the outcome, but he argued that he did not intend to use the stimulant. Uja said: "I sincerely regret that this inadvertently led to the confiscation of the Olympic silver medal of the men's 4x100m relay team at the Tokyo Olympics. I want to apologize to my teammates, their families and the support team for the impact it has had on them. It's something I'll regret all my life. ”
Under the IOC Anti-Doping Regulations, the British team's results in the men's 4X100m relay final were also cancelled and their silver medals confiscated. The World Athletics Federation will also consider penalties for Uja, including a ban.
If the British team's Tokyo Olympic silver medal is withdrawn, Canada will make up for the silver medal, and the fourth-ranked Chinese team will also make up for the bronze medal, which will be the best result in the history of the Chinese men's relay team.
Men's 4x100m Final at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Japan, August 6, 2021. From left to right: Su Bingtian, Xie Zhenye, Tang Xingqiang, Wu Zhiqiang
So when will the Chinese team get its own bronze medal? This depends on the efficiency of the International Anti-Doping Organization and the International Olympic Committee. After an Olympics, the amount of samples that needs to be tested is large. And after the medals are recovered, it will take time to start discussing the replacement. Therefore, the Chinese team still needs to wait.
Shorter, if an athlete in an Olympic tournament is found to be taking illegal drugs, medals can be reissued during the competition. Chinese athlete Gong Lijiao finished fourth in the London Olympic shot put event. As a result, the Belarusian player who won the gold medal was found to have taken banned drugs to cancel the gold medal. Gong Lijiao made up the bronze medal. Gong Lijiao won the bronze medal during the competition.
In a longer case, it will take a year or two from the time the illicit drugs are detected to the time the medals are reissued. At the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the Jamaican 4x100m relay team won the Olympic gold medal. But in 2016, the International Olympic Committee found the ingredients in the urine sample of Jamaica's first carter. As a result, Jamaica's results were cancelled in January 2017, and the gold medal was withdrawn by the International Olympic Committee. Trinidad and Tobago won the gold medal in the make-up, japan won the silver medal, and by the time the IOC officially reissue the gold and silver medal was at the end of 2018.