GB 4x100m men out after ‘horrendous’ run but women set relay standard
- Slow start and terrible final changeover scupper men’s bid
- Women post fastest time in Europe this year in victory
Britain’s 4x100m relay performances went from the calamitous to the divine at these European Athletics Championships on Tuesday, with the men finishing a shock last in their heat and the women posting the fastest time in Europe this year.
All eyes were on the men’s team given it was the first time that CJ Ujah and Richard Kilty had run together since the former’s positive drugs test cost the team an Olympic silver medal in Tokyo. Afterwards Kilty had promised never to forgive his “sloppy and reckless” teammate for robbing him of a medal, or for buying what turned out to be a contaminated amino acid supplement for £10 off Amazon rather than one on the Informed Sport list.