Briton CJ Ujah says he hopes to 'fight my way back to the top' after making his return to major international competition at the European Athletics Championships in Rome following a doping ban.
Britain’s CJ Ujah hopes to "fight my way back to the top" after making his return to major international competition at the European Athletics Championships in Rome following a doping ban.
He told BBC Sport his team-mates had "all received with me open arms" on his return and added: "People are entitled to react how they want to and I had to tell them, 'listen, it was not intentional, I did not mean any harm'.Ujah was named in the men's 100m and 4x100m relay on Thursday following Welshman Jeremiah Azu's late withdrawal, having been included but unused in Britain's squad for theOn his ban, Ujah said: "This sport is black and white.
But, behind, there was heartbreak for Spain's Laura Garcia-Caro, who was pipped to bronze by Ukraine's Lyudmyla Olyanovska as she began to celebrate mere metres before the finish line, but lost out in a dramatic conclusion. Okoye, winner of European bronze in 2022, produced a best throw of 63.48m with his final attempt, as Slovenia's Kristjan Ceh took discus gold with 68.08m.
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