Usain Bolt, Jamaica stripped off Olympic gold medal over failed doping test

World Fastest sprinter Usain Bolt has been stripped off his one of his Gold medal after his Beijing 2008 Olympic relay race teammate Nester Carter tested positive to a stimulant.  It might seem to harsh to do this retroactively, but this truly is the correct punnishments if the strict international rules on doping were violated.


According to the IOC, Carter came up positive for methylhexaneamine, a banned stimulant, in a stored sample that was retested last year with more advanced testing procedures than were available in 2008.

Carter, Bolt and Jamaican teammates Asafa Powell and Michael Frater were the winners of the men’s 4x100-meter relay in Beijing, the first of three consecutive “triple-triple” performances for Bolt. He captured gold in that race, as well as the 100 meters and 200 meters individual races in three consecutive Olympics.

 "The Jamaican team is disqualified," the IOC said in a statement Wednesday. "The corresponding medals, medalist pins and diplomas are withdrawn and shall be returned.”

Second-place finisher Trinidad and Tobago would be awarded the gold from 2008, with Japan moving up to silver and the fourth-place team being upgraded to the bronze medal.

“It’s heartbreaking because over the years you’ve worked hard to accumulate gold medals and work hard to be a champion ... but it’s just one of those things,” Bolt said last year. “Things happen in life, so when it’s confirmed or whatever, if I need to give back my gold medal, I’d have to give it back, it’s not a problem for me.”