Doping charges separate Usain Bolt from 2008 Olympic relay gold

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Usain Bolt Stripped of 2008 Olympic Relay Gold. Image Source: twitter

Internet Desk: Usain Bolt lost one of his nine Olympic gold medals in his historic career. On Wednesday, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said that Jamaica’s 4×100 meter relay team lost gold which they had won at the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008 due to Nesta Carter’s doping.

Carter tested positive for methylhexanamine, a prohibited stimulant, in the re-examination of samples of anti-doping tests performed by athletes at the 2008 Olympics by the IOC. At that time in Beijing, he opened the relay for the Jamaican team, who then won the event in time of 37.10, then the world record of 4×100 meters.

In addition to Carter and Bolt, the Jamaican team was also composed in the final by Asafa Powell and Michael Frater. “The Jamaican team is disqualified,” the IOC said. “The medals, pins and diplomas have been withdrawn and will be returned,” added the entity through its disciplinary committee.

Carter was heard by the IOC disciplinary commission in a video conference held on October 17. The Jamaican can appeal to the Court of Arbitration of Sport against the decision. The IOC’s next step will be to redistribute the medals from the 4×100 meter competition at the Beijing Games.

And Brazil will benefit, as it finished the race in the fourth place. In the 2008 Olympics. Brazil’s team was composed of Vicente Lenilson, Sandro Viana Bruno Lins and Jose Carlos Moreira, who completed the distance by 38s24. So now they will inherit the bronze.

Although the IOC has yet to formalize this change, the Trinidad Tobago team, then formed by Keston Bledman, Marc Burns Emmanuel Callender and Richard Thompson, will take a step on the podium with the gold medal. Silver will be delivered to the Japanese team.

Carter was only one among dozens of athletes who were caught up in re-examination of the anti-doping exams held by the IOC of the Beijing and London Games. And in addition to announcing the Jamaican case, the committee also confirmed that Russian Tatiana Lebedeba lost her silver medal for the triple jump, also at the Beijing Olympics.