CJ Ujah is expected to blame a labelling error for the failed drugs test which has put Team GB's silver medal in the men's 4x100 metres relay in jeopardy.
Ujah has been suspended provisionally after two banned substances, ostarine and S-23, were found in his system during a drugs test after the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Ujah's backup sample are currently being tested to see if they also contain the performance enhancing drugs, and if that proves to be the case, Ujah is set to claim that the banned products were not listed as ingredients in legal supplements that he took during the games.
Even if Ujah is able to convince the Court of Arbitration for Sport that that is indeed the case, the likelihood of him being absolutely absolved of guilt for the misdemeanour is not high.
In turn, that means that is now looking very likely that his sprinting team-mates will face losing their silver medals, as Olympic regulations stipulate that the entire team is to lose their medal even if just one member tests positive.
While none of Zharnel Hughes, Richard Kilty or Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake have spoken out about the doping allegations surrounding Ujah yet, Kilty's brother has said that his sibling would be mortified to lose the silverware.
Kevin Kilty said of the 31-year old: "He has done nothing wrong. He worked so hard for this, ever since he was a little lad."
The process to decide the fate of Ujah and thus the rest of the team could take up to a month, so the athletes will be waiting nervously for the results of the B-sample.
Ujah has been absolutely insistent of his innocence, saying in a statement that he has never doped.
Ujah wrote: "To be absolutely clear, I am not a cheat and I have never and would never knowingly take a banned substance. I love my sport and I know my responsibilities both as an athlete and as a team-mate."
Meanwhile, the government has announced that there will be £232 million in funding for the Paris 2024 Olympics. Team GB's most successful ever Olympian Jason Kenny described the decision as "a massively positive thing", saying that it would give "anyone with a bit of talent a chance to go and perform."
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