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(CNN)<\/cite>The British Olympic Association (BOA) announced on Thursday that the team has been informed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) that it must return the silver medals from the 4x100m relay race, which will be held during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games were won.<\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (CNN)The British Olympic Association (BOA) announced on Thursday that the team has been informed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) that it must return the silver medals from the 4x100m relay race, which will be held during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games were won. In February, the CAS ruled that British sprinter Chijindu […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sport"],"yoast_head":"\nIn February, the CAS ruled that British sprinter Chijindu Ujah committed a doping rule violation by testing positive for two banned substances. As a result, Ujah and the three other British sprinters who competed in the 4x100m relay at the Tokyo Olympics were stripped of their silver medals. Ujah’s results in the 100 meter sprint were also disqualified.<\/p>\n“It is truly sad that we had to reclaim the medals, certificates and pins, particularly for the three athletes who were affected through no fault of their own,” BOA CEO Andy Anson said in a statement.<\/p>\n\u201cHowever, this is the CAS ruling and we must abide by it, just as we have made it clear that the same must happen to other nations whose athletes have violated anti-doping rules.<\/p>\n“It’s heartbreaking for Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake and Zharnel Hughes, but especially for Richard Kilty, who only attended one event in Tokyo. We’ve written to all of them to make sure they know their individual status isn’t diminished in the eyes of everyone at the BOA.”<\/p>\nAccording to the press release, the silver medals will be awarded to the team that placed third in the event at the Tokyo Olympics. Canada placed third and was awarded bronze medals in August.<\/p>\nIn a statement released by United Kingdom Athletics in February, Ujah accepted the CAS decision, saying he never knowingly ingested a banned substance and attributed his positive test results to a “contaminated dietary supplement”.<\/p>\n“I sincerely regret that this inadvertently resulted in the forfeiture of the Olympic silver medals in the men’s 4 x 100m relay at the Tokyo Olympics,” said Ujah.<\/p>\n“I would like to apologize to my teammates, their families and support teams for the impact this has had on them.<\/p>\n“I’m sorry that this situation cost my teammates the medals they worked so hard, so long, and truly deserved. I will regret that for the rest of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n