Usain Bolt says he is resigned to the fact that he has lost one of his nine Olympic gold medals, and also not holding any grudges against his drug-tainted Jamaican relay teammate Nesta Carter. Carter has said he will appeal the decision that was taken after re-analysis of his sample from the 2008 Beijing Games using more advanced scientific methods returning a positive test to the prohibited stimulant methylhexaneamine. The result was announced last week.
It was announced by the International Olympic Committee that Jamaica was stripped of 4x100m relay gold, one of Bolt's three gold medals he won at three consecutive Olympics at Beijing, London in 2012 and Rio in 2016. Bolt and his fellow Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell arrived in Melbourne on Wednesday for a Nitro Athletics meet, which starts this Saturday.
Bolt said initially he was quite disappointed as everyone would be, but these things happen in an athlete's life and he is not sad about it. He also says that he will wait to see whether Carter will challenge the decision or not, till then he is waiting to see what's gonna happen and for now he gave up the gold medal.
Carter was teamed with Bolt on three straight world championship relay-winning teams, starting from 2011 to 2015. He also has an individual bronze in the 100-meter race in Moscow in 2013, behind Bolt and Justin Gatlin of the United States. He didn't feature at the Rio Olympics last year and is now banned by IAAF.
Bolt, along with Powell and Michael Frater, who is the fourth member of the relay team which crossed the line in a world record time 37.1 seconds at the Beijing Games, are all present to compete in the Nitro Athletics series in Melbourne.
The meet which is going to be held over three nights will feature six teams of 24 track and field athletes - 12 women and 12 men featuring from Australia, an international team representing the Bolt All-Stars, China, England, Japan, and New Zealand.
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