An appeal case involving the 2008 Olympic title stripped from Usain Bolt and the Jamaican relay team is going to court in November.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport said on Monday that sprinter Nesta Carter will challenge his disqualification by the International Olympic Committee on November 15. A verdict is expected weeks later.
Carter tested positive last year for a banned stimulant in re-analysis of a urine sample from the 2008 Beijing Games. He and Bolt were teammates on the 4×100-meter relay team, which won in a world record of 37.10 seconds.
Carter ran the opening leg, and Bolt took the baton third in a team that also included Michael Frater and Asafa Powell.
The IOC’s disqualification of Carter and the relay team came in January, spoiling Bolt’s perfect Olympic record of three gold medals — in the 100, 200 and 4×100 — at three consecutive games from 2008-2016.
