Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake says he’s “heartbroken” after losing his 4x100m Olympic silver medal due to CJ Ujah’s failed medication check.
Ujah, 27, examined constructive for ostarine and S-23 however says he “unknowingly consumed a contaminated substance”.
“It hasn’t actually 100 per cent sunk in but,” stated Mitchell-Blake on Saturday.
Mitchell-Blake, 27, was competing on the Muller Indoor Grand Prix in Birmingham, the place he completed seventh in his 60 metres warmth.
“I used to be glad that some information got here out so we will truly get the method going,” stated Mitchell-Blake of the choice to strip GB of the medals gained by himself, Ujah, Zharnel Hughes and Richard Kilty.
“But then clearly it is a nail within the coffin saying you are getting stripped of your Olympic silver medal. It hasn’t actually 100 per cent sunk in but, however whenever you say it, repeat it and give it some thought, it is not a pleasant feeling.
“We’re all heartbroken by it. It’s gutting for us, the nation, all people.”
Ujah was examined instantly after the occasion in August and on Friday the Court of Arbitration of Sport (Cas) concluded Team GB’s quartet ought to lose their medal.
The information was introduced together with an apology from Ujah, who blamed a contaminated complement for the failed check and added the scenario was one he “will remorse for the remainder of my life”.
Mitchell-Blake added: “I really feel like loads remains to be but to be revealed and we simply should let every part play out.
“[Ujah] is my brother, I like him and I do know he would not do something intentional. It’s unlucky that issues occur of this nature, however he is taken accountability and that’s all you possibly can ask for.
“I settle for his apology wholeheartedly. I’ve identified him for a very long time. We had been buddies earlier than the game and we’ll proceed to be buddies. It needs to be heart-wrenching for him, and naturally it is heart-wrenching for us.”
The punishment given by Cas has led to Britain losing an Olympic medal for simply the third time at a summer season or winter Games.
Judoka Kerrith Brown, on the 1988 Seoul Games, and skier Alain Baxter, at Salt Lake in 2002, each misplaced bronze medals after testing constructive for a banned substance.
Cas has requested World Athletics – the game’s governing physique – now make their very own issues, which may embrace a ban from competitors for Ujah.
The substances present in his samples – Ostarine and S-23 – are often called selective androgen receptor modulators (Sarms).
US Anti-Doping (Usada) says Sarms have “related anabolic properties to anabolic steroids”.
