{"id":288069,"date":"2017-01-25T14:48:38","date_gmt":"2017-01-25T14:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=288069"},"modified":"2017-01-25T14:48:38","modified_gmt":"2017-01-25T14:48:38","slug":"usain-bolt-loses-gold-as-ioc-strips-jamaica-of-2008-relay-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/01\/usain-bolt-loses-gold-as-ioc-strips-jamaica-of-2008-relay-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Usain Bolt loses gold as IOC strips Jamaica of 2008 relay win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"storyfull__teaser\">Usain Bolt no longer has nine Olympic gold medals after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) confirmed that relay team-mate Nesta Carter tested positive for the prohibited substance methylhexaneamine.<\/p>\n<div class=\"storyfull__paragraphs\">\n<p class=\"storyfull__paragraph\">The decision from the IOC relates to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing where Bolt won gold with the Jamaican relay team in the 4x100m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"storyfull__paragraph\">The disciplinary committee &#8211; which comprised of Mr Denis Oswald (Chairman), Mrs Gunilla Lindberg and Dr Ugur Erdener &#8211; has ruled that as Carter tested positive the entire team will be disqualified and therefore they will lose their gold medals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"storyfull__paragraph\">This takes Bolt down to eight gold medals and he loses his record of having won triple gold at the past three Olympics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"storyfull__paragraph\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p class=\"storyfull__paragraph\">Source: Eurosport<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Usain Bolt no longer has nine Olympic gold medals after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) confirmed that relay team-mate Nesta Carter tested positive for the prohibited substance methylhexaneamine. 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