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Doping: Bolt may lose gold medal from 2008 Olympic
Olympic sprinter Usain Bolt could lose one of his gold medals from the 2008 games in Beijing due to doping.
The Jamaican does not seem to be implicated himself, but could be stripped of one of his medals due to his team-mate Nesta Carter testing positive for a banned substance, according to BBC Sport.
Carter’s ‘A’ sample has tested positive for Methylhexanamine, but the 30-year-old will only face sanctions if the same result comes up after investigation of his ‘B’ sample.
Methylhexanamine, sold as a nasal decongestant in the USA until 1983, has been officially classed as a banned substance since 2004, although it was reclassified by the World Anti-Doping Agency in 2011 as a ‘specified substance’.
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This means one that Carter’s case may be more likely to be accepted as a ‘credible, non-doping explanation’.
Carter took part in Jamaica’s 4x100m relay in Beijing, along with Bolt, Michael Frater and Asafa Powell.
This news is the latest development in an investigation of 454 samples from 2008.
It also comes in the wake of 23 athletes from London’s 2012 games failing retrospective doping tests in a year where doping has reared its ugly head.
This would not be the first time an entire team was stripped of its medals, as the USA men’s relay team was also punished in the same way in 2012 due to Tyson Gay’s drug ban.
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