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Confirmation of the now-retired Carter's positive test came from
the Chairman of the Jamaica Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel and
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),” Kent Gammon told Reuters by telephone
on Tuesday.
Gammon, who declined to name the banned substance, said the
disciplinary hearing will start on Oct. 14.
Stimpson declined to provide any details on the substance or the
circumstances surrounding Carter's positive test.
The latest anti-doping violation comes three years after Carter
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 Bolt, Asafa Powell and Michael Frater, of their gold
medals from the 2008 Beijing Games.
In August, 35-year-old Carter issued a news release saying he
had retired due to a private medical condition which had
hindered him from training and competing since March 2021.
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.
Carter 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.
(Reporting by Kayon Raynor; Editing by Ken Ferris)
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