Bolt loses 2008 Olympics relay gold in teammate doping case

Jamaica's Usain Bolt holding up 3 fingers for a 3rd relay Olympic title after Team Jamaica won the Men's 4x100m Relay Final during the athletics event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. © AFP

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt is no longer a triple-triple Olympic champion after his sprint relay teammate Nesta Carter was disqualified from the 2008 games for failing a drugs test.

31-year-old Carter ran the first leg in the 4 by 100 meters relay in Beijing, helping Jamaica to a new world record of 37.10 seconds and Bolt to his 3rd Olympic gold medal.

Jamaica's Nesta Carter (L) and Usain Bolt celebrating after winning the men's 4×100m relay final at the "Bird's Nest" National Stadium during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. © AFP

But, the International Olympic Committee has now stripped the entire Jamaican team including Bolt of that victory after a reanalysis of Carter's anti-doping sample tested positive for banned substance.


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