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Brit relay team to finally get World gold medals

Published:Thursday | January 7, 2010 | 1:35 PM

Thirteen years after they were beaten at the World Championships by a drug tainted American team, Britain\'s 4 by 400 metre relay runners will finally receive their gold medals.



U.S. runner, Antonio Pettigrew later admitted using performance enhancing drugs.



The U.S. quartet was disqualified and the British team upgraded from second to first in the results from the 1997 championships in Athens.



Retired British runners, Roger Black, Jamie Baulch, Iwan Thomas and Mark Richardson will receive the gold medals at a ceremony organized by UK Athletics.



Baulch said he can now finally tell people he was a world champion.