Usain Bolt has lost one of his Olympic gold medals
after Jamaica were retrospectively disqualified from
the 2008 sprint relay.
A statement from the International Olympic
Committee said re-analysis of team member Nesta
Carter's Beijing sample had tested positive for the
prohibited substance methylhexaneamine.
The decision to strip Jamaica of their 4x100m title
deprives Bolt of one of his nine golds won across
three Games between 2008 and 2016.
Carter ran the first leg of the Beijing final as
Jamaica set a new world record, a mark they
surpassed in London four years later.
Trinidad and Tobago are now in line for promotion to
the gold medal position, with Japan taking silver and
Brazil bronze.
Another 2008 medallist, Russian long jumper Tatiana
Lebedeva, has lost her silver medal after testing
positive for turinabol.
The IOC announced in the run-up to last summer's
Rio Games it would begin retesting samples from
2008 and 2012 in a bid to restore confidence in the
sport.
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