Bolt teammate Carter appeals against Olympic doping ruling - CAS

ZURICH (Reuters) - Jamaican sprinter Nesta Carter, whose positive doping test cost Usain Bolt a relay gold medal in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, has appealed to the Court of Arbritration for Sport (CAS) asking that the Jamaican team be reinstated as 4x100m relay winners.

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Published 17 February 2017 9:16pm

Source: Reuters

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Carter filed the appeal with CAS seeking to overturn the International Olympic Committee's Jan. 25 decision in which he was found to have broken anti-doping rules during the Beijing Games, CAS said in a statement on Friday.

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(Reporting by John Miller; Editing by Michael Shields)

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Bolt teammate Carter appeals against Olympic doping ruling - CAS

ZURICH (Reuters) - Jamaican sprinter Nesta Carter, whose positive doping test cost Usain Bolt a relay gold medal in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, has appealed to the Court of Arbritration for Sport (CAS) asking that the Jamaican team be reinstated as 4x100m relay winners.

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