Nesta Carter doping ban: Jamaica’s Olympic and world championship medallist Nesta Carter is back with his second positive doping test result. Not to forget, he was the sole culprit behind Usain Bolt being stripped of his Beijing 2008 Olympic 4×100 meters relay gold. And, yet again he has tested positive and faces an anti-doping hearing next week.
The news was confirmed by the Chairman of the Jamaica Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel and the sprinter’s lawyer Stuart Stimpson.
Nesta Carter doping ban: Nesta Carter, who denied Usain Bolt Beijing relay gold, under doping scanner again
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“We have a matter with Nesta Carter… We do have a disciplinary hearing that was referred to me by JADCO (Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission),” Kent Gammon told Reuters by telephone on Tuesday.
Nesta Carter doping ban: Gammon, who declined to name the banned substance, said the disciplinary hearing will start on Oct. 14. Stimpson declined to provide any details on the substance or the circumstances surrounding Carter’s positive test.
Nesta Carter doping ban: Nesta Carter, who denied Usain Bolt Beijing relay gold, under doping scanner again
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The latest anti-doping violation comes three years after Carter lost his appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the International Olympic Committee’s decision to strip him and the rest of the Jamaica men’s sprint relay team, comprising Bolt, Asafa Powell, and Michael Frater, of their gold medals from the 2008 Beijing Games.
Nesta Carter doping ban: In August, 35-year-old Carter issued a news release saying he had retired due to a private medical condition that had hindered him from training and competing since March 2021.
He indicated at the time that a medication prescribed by his doctor to treat the condition violated anti-doping rules and as such he had chosen his health over athletics.
Carter has a personal best of 9.78 seconds for the 100 meters, which ranks as the ninth-fastest time ever and the fourth-best by a Jamaican sprinter in history.
