Usain Bolt could lose Olympic gold as relay teammate reported to have failed drugs test

Bolt could lose one of his six Olympic gold medals.

Usain Bolt could lose Olympic gold as relay teammate reported to have failed drugs test

Usain Bolt could lose one of his six Olympic gold medals after a Jamaica relay team-mate was reported to have retrospectively failed a drugs test taken at the Beijing Olympics.

Jamaican sprinter Nesta Carter has been named by the Jamaica Gleaner newspaper as one of the athletes whose re-examined samples from the 2008 Games showed an adverse result.

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