Usain Bolt was stripped of one his Olympic golds after teammate Nesta Carter tested positive for a banned substance.Usain Bolt won nine gold medals between the Beijing, London and Rio Olympics. Now his total haul will be diminished to eight due to his team being disqualified for their win in the 4x100m relay in Beijing. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) ruled to disqualify all four members of the Jamaica team including Bolt, Asafa Powell, Michael Frater and of Carter.Bolt became the only man to achieve the “triple triple,” winning all three sprint events in three separate Olympics, breaking out first at the Beijing games. With this latest doping scandal, Bolt remains the only man to have run 100m in under 9.79 without testing positive for a banned substance.The decision wasn’t entirely a surprise, however. The Jamaican team knew the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) had prohibited methylhexaneamine — the substance that Carter tested positive for. Methylhexaneamine had been on the prohibited list since 2004 and traces had been found in a reanalysis of Carter’s sample last summer. Hundreds of samples from those Games had been retested last year as part of an effort to quell doping. Since news of the failed test first emerged last June, Carter has ceased running competitively.Next: 6 reasons Tokyo will be better than RioWednesday’s decision may not be the end of the issue, either. The International Association of Athletics Federations, said it plans to look into other competitions as well. In a statement on Wednesday night, the IAAF said, “Once the IOC’s case and any appeal is concluded for the disqualification of Nesta Carter from the men’s 4x100m event at the Olympic Games Beijing 2008 for an anti-doping rule violation, the IAAF will take it to the Jamaican federation to determine Carter’s sanction beyond this disqualification. The IAAF will also retest any samples it holds in storage for the athlete from other competitions.”The athlete is expected to file an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport in response. The CAS is the same agency that reduced Maria Sharapova’s doping violation suspension.Some reactions to the news included:When you see "Usain Bolt" & "doping" in a headline, but it's just his teammate pic.twitter.com/3QzcxpT3oo— Brenden Whitted (@WBHUAlum) January 25, 2017Usain Bolt has been stripped of his 2008 4x100m relay gold medal due to a teammate's positive doping test. https://t.co/YDW2zVPjIb pic.twitter.com/Z4wKUoerUz— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) January 25, 2017When you have the fastest man on the planet running on your relay team and you still take drugs? ???? #NestaCarter #UsainBolt pic.twitter.com/yfnDA668wf— Sophia Goldsmith (@dinglette1972) January 25, 2017Why would you take performance enhancing drugs when you have Usain Bolt on your team anyway??? https://t.co/tEoS173jQK— Aaron (@WAFCAaron) January 25, 2017 More from FanSidedWayne Gretzky: Still The Great One9m agoDwyane Wade and Jimmy Butler open fire on teammates, but their angst is misplaced9m agoRiverdale season 1, episode 1: Watch online9m agoGeorgia Football Recruiting 2017: 5 must-have recruits for Bulldogs9m agoWWE Superstar Power Rankings: Pre-Royal Rumble 2017 edition10m agoThis article originally appeared on
