JAMAICA − Jamaica's Olympic and world championship medallist, Nesta Carter, whose positive doping test caused Usain Bolt to be stripped of his Beijing 2008 Olympic 4x100 metres relay gold, has tested positive again and faces an anti-doping hearing next week.
Confirmation of the now-retired Nesta’s positive test came from the Jamaica Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel as well as the sprinter's lawyer, Stuart Stimpson.
“We have a matter with Nesta Carter... We do have a disciplinary hearing that was referred to me by JADCO (Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission),” said Kent Gammon yesterday.
Kent, who declined to name the banned substance, said the disciplinary hearing will start on October 14.
Stuart declined to provide any details on the substance or the circumstances surrounding Nesta’s positive test.
The latest anti-doping violation comes three years after Nesta 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 Usain, Asafa Powell and Michael Frater, of their gold medals from the 2008 Beijing Games.
In August, 35-year-old Nesta issued a news release saying he had retired due to a private medical condition, which had hindered him from training and competing since March.
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.
Nesta has a personal best of 9.78 seconds for the 100 metres, which ranks as the ninth fastest time ever and the fourth best by a Jamaican sprinter in history. – Reuters, October 6, 2021
