Bolt loses Olympic gold as teammate fails drug test

Jamaican 4x100m relay team stripped of gold medal after Carter was found guilty of doping at 2008 Olympic Games.

Jamaica's Usain Bolt has lost one of his nine Olympic 
Gold medals and his perfect "triple treble" of Games'
 sprint Victoria after teammate Nesta Carter was found 
guilty of doping at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Carter was found to have taken the prohibited substance
methylhexaneamine, the International Olympic Committee
(IOC) said on Wednesday, meaning Jamaica's 4x100 
meters relay team must give back their gold medals.

"The Jamaican team is disqualified from the men’s 
4x100m relay event. The corresponding medals, 
medallist pins and diplomas are withdrawn and shall
 be returned," the IOC said.

"The IAAF is requested to modify the results of the
 above- mentioned event accordingly and to consider
 any further action within its own competence."

The IOC Disciplinary Commission ruled that Carter "is found
 to have committed an anti-doping rule violation pursuant 
to the IOC Anti-Doping Rules applicable to the Games of 
the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing in 2008."

Bolt is considered one of the greatest sprinters of all time,
having won an unprecedented treble of consecutive golds in
the 100m, 200m and 4x100 relay in three straight Olympics.

Bolt was unavailable to comment on Wednesday but in
 June, when sources familiar with the case told Reuters
 news agency that Carter had failed a doping test, Bolt 
was philosophical about the prospect of losing a gold medal.

"It's heartbreaking [the positive test] 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,"
 Boat said.

"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."

Trinidad and Tobago are set to be promoted to gold in
 the Beijing 4x100, in which Jamaica set a then world
 record, with Japan moving up to silver and fourth-placed Brazil earning bronze.

A reallocation of medals is subject to any further results 
from the IOC anti-doping retesting programme.

First-leg specialist Carter has been a vital member of
Jamaica's dominant squad, helping the Caribbean island 
win gold medals at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics and the 
2011, 2013 and 2015 world championships.

Carter returned a positive result in re-tests of samples 
from the Beijing Olympics for the prohibited stimulant
methylhexaneamine, the IOC said.

Asafa Powell, who has himself served a six-month
 dopingban, and Michael Frater completed the Jamaica 
sprint team at the 2008 race.