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British Relay Team Awarded Gold Medals 28 Years Later

Medal reallocation follows US team’s disqualification for doping

19 July 2025 · 23:52 UTC

Four British athletes have finally received their long-overdue gold medals from the 1997 World Athletics Championships, nearly three decades after a US relay team was stripped of its title due to a doping violation, offering belated recognition and emotional closure for the runners.