British men’s 4x100m relay staff secure bronze medal at World Championships as they put Tokyo Olympics controversy behind them after CJ Ujah’s failed medication take a look at noticed them stripped of silver
- The British men’s 4x100m staff gained bronze at the World Championships
- The quartet clocked 37.83 seconds as they completed behind Canada and the USA
- Olympic silver gained in Tokyo was stripped after CJ Ujah’s constructive medication take a look at
The British males’s 4x100metres staff put the heartbreak and controversy of the Tokyo Olympics behind them to say bronze at the World Championships in Eugene, Oregon.
The quartet of Jona Efoloko, Zharnel Hughes, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake and Reece Prescod clocked 37.83sec to complete behind winners Canada and second-placed USA.
Mitchell-Blake and Hughes had been a part of the staff that had been stripped of silver in Tokyo final yr following CJ Ujah’s constructive medication take a look at for 2 banned substances.
The British men’s 4x100m staff (left to proper) Reece Prescod, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, Zharnel Hughes, and Jona Efoloko pose with their bronze medals
‘What happened in the past is in the past,’ mentioned Hughes. ‘This is a new history. We can’t management the previous, we are able to solely management the current, and finally that dictates the longer term. I really feel like we get a medal yearly now and it’s changing into normalised.’
With Richard Kilty injured and Adam Gemili subbed out forward of the ultimate, it was an inexperienced quartet, with anchor runner Prescod working a primary relay since his sports activities days at faculty and Efoloko making his main championships debut.
‘I was very nervous but Nethaneel told us that pressure is a privilege,’ mentioned Efoloko. ‘I just kept that in the back of my head.’
The staff’s Olympic silver in Tokyo was stripped after CJ Ujah’s constructive medication take a look at
Efoloko mentioned that his staff captain advised him earlier than the race that ‘stress is a privilege’
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