Lausanne, Switzerland, May 21, 2022: The International Olympic Committee has announced that China is the official bronze medal-winner of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games men's 4x100m relay.
The Chinese quartet of Su Bingtian, Xie Zhenye, Tang Xingqiang and Wu Zhiqiang have been recognised as Olympic bronze medallists after a member of the British relay team, Chijindu Ujah, was stripped of his Olympic medal for doping, thereby disqualifying the team.
China finished fourth in the race after clocking a national record of 37.79 seconds at the Tokyo Games on August 6, narrowly missing out on the podium initially dominated by the gold-winning Italian team, runner-up Great Britain and third-placed Canada.
However, the Court of Arbitration for Sport issued a ruling on February 18 that Great Britain had been stripped of its silver medal after a hearing found that the team's first-leg runner, Chijindu Ujah, had violated anti-doping regulations. This resulted in the upgrade of Canada and China to silver and bronze medals, respectively.
It was the first Olympic medal won by China in a relay event and the second overall in a sprint event after retired track star Liu Xiang's gold medal finish in the men's 110m hurdles at the 2004 Games in Athens.
The bronze will increase the Chinese delegation's medal tally from the Tokyo Games to a total of 89 - 38 gold medals, 32 silver and 19 bronze.
The IOC announced the decision on Thursday, May 19.
Source: www.china.org.cn