Usain Bolt has lost one of his nine Olympic gold medals because of a doping case involving Jamaican teammate Nesta Carter.
The International Olympic Committee re-tested samples from the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Carter tested positive for a banned substance.
Olympic rules state that the entire relay team can be disqualified and stripped of medals if one runner fails a doping test. Now the whole Jamaican team will suffer for Carter's wrongdoing.
Carter and Bolt were teammates on the winning 4x100-meter team. They set a world record of 37.10 seconds. Carter (pictured, second from left) ran the opening leg, and Bolt took the baton third in a team that included Michael Frater and Asafa Powell.
"The Jamaican team is disqualified," the IOC statement reads. ". . . medals, medalist pins, and diplomas are withdrawn and shall be returned."
The Beijing relay title was the first of Bolt's gold medal sweeps in the 100, 200, and relay at three straight Olympics.
"I want to share it with my team," Bolt said after completing his 2008 hat trick. "It's down to them that I beat the world record today. When you beat the relay world record, you feel four times happier."
Trinidad and Tobago is in line to get the gold medal from 2008. Japan could be upgraded to silver, and fourth-place finisher Brazil could get the bronze.
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