Kelly Sotherton ‘happy, f****** fuming and sad’ at news of belated Olympic medal

Retesting of anti-doping samples from the Beijing Games has exposed more drug cheats.

Kelly Sotherton ‘happy, f****** fuming and sad’ at news of belated Olympic medal

Great Britain's women's 4x400 metres relay team stand to be upgraded to bronze at the 2008 Olympics after the retesting of anti-doping samples from the Beijing Games exposed yet more drug cheats.

The British quartet of Christine Ohuruogu, Kelly Sotherton, Marilyn Okoro and Nicola Sanders, who finished in fifth place at the time, had already been bumped to fourth by the disqualification of the Russian team and now look set for a belated medal.

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