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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 “It’s incredible to be an Olympic medallist; it’s eight years late but I’ll take it. We feel robbed of the moment though – we are athletes and that’s what we are here for.” Denis Alexeev, 28, tested positive for the a banned substance - which lead to the disqualification of the Russian’s eight years on. “As a team we had raced them earlier in the year and they ran 3:02, later in the year they ran 2:58 – that’s like going from club runner to Usain Bolt in a couple of months,” added the runner on the Russian team. This clip is originally from 5 live Breakfast on Wednesday 14 September 2016.
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