(Trinidad Guardian) It has been confirmed, T&T will get its third Olympic gold medal.
On Friday, T&T Olympic Committee (TTOC) president Brian Lewis received a correspondence from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) saying that the T&T 4×100 metres men’s team of Richard Thompson, Keston Bledman, Marc Burns, Emmanuel Callender and Aaron Armstrong have been upgraded from silver to gold.
The medal comes 10 years after the T&T team placed second at the Bird Nest Stadium in Beijing, China. Nesta Carter ran the opening leg in the 4x100m relay final for favourites Jamaica when Usain Bolt took the baton third and helped Jamaica win in what was a world record performance of 37.10 seconds. The Jamaican team also featured Michael Frater and Asafa Powell.
In a fresh analysis of Beijing samples by the IOC in 2016, Carter tested positive for the stimulant methylhexaneamine. Jamaica was disqualified and stripped of the relay title. Earlier this year, Carter lost his appeal against the decision to strip him and his Jamaica team of Olympic gold after a positive drug test.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport had ruled that the re-analysis confirmed the presence of methylhexaneamine.