Martyn Rooney: Russians went from 'club runners to Usain Boltβ
Team GB's men's 4x400m relay team are set to be awarded bronze for 2008 Olympics after a member of the Russian team failed a drugs test.
Martyn Rooney, a member of the team, said βItβs incredible to be an Olympic medallist; itβs eight years late but Iβll take it. We feel robbed of the moment though β we are athletes and thatβs what we are here for.β
Denis Alexeev, 28, tested positive for the a banned substance - which lead to the disqualification of the Russianβs eight years on.
βAs a team we had raced them earlier in the year and they ran 3:02, later in the year they ran 2:58 β thatβs like going from club runner to Usain Bolt in a couple of months,β added the runner on the Russian team.
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