Usain Bolt expressed his unhappiness for returning one of his nine gold medals due to a doping case involving teammate Nesta Carter.

"I wasn't pleased -- nobody would be pleased over the years to lose a medal," Bolt said Friday. "It's just one of those things -- things happen. I'm not happy about it but what can I say?"

The IOC said Wednesday that Carter tested positive for methylhexaneamine, a banned stimulant, in reanalysis of samples from the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

"I haven't seen Nesta now but I hope he's not blaming himself too much about this,Bolt said of his teammate. "It's just one of those things that happen in life I guess. So I just wait and see what happens."

Carter and Bolt were teammates on the winning 4x100-meter relay team, which also included Michael Frater and Asafa Powell.

Asked if he thinks it would affect his legacy, Bolt said: "Personally I don't think it should. I've worked hard over the years. I've shown my dominance throughout the years. I think by losing one medal that shouldn't be a problem, you understand, because I've done individual events and I've won all three (gold medals) at three Olympics."

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt has returned one of his nine Olympic gold medals in a doping case involving teammate Nesta Carter. Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images

The relay title in Beijing completed the first of Bolt's three gold-medal sweeps in the 100, 200 and relay at three straight Olympics.

Trinidad and Tobago is in line to get the gold medal from 2008, Japan could be upgraded to silver, and fourth-place finisher Brazil could get the bronze medal.

Carter testified by videoconference to an IOC disciplinary hearing held in Lausanne on Oct. 17.

The IOC's ruling states that Carter noted he was taking supplements in 2008 "advised in this respect by his coach, Mr. Stephen Francis."

"The athlete explained that he had given several samples for doping controls whilst he was taking Cell Tech and Nitro Tech before the 2008 Olympic Games and he had never tested positive for a prohibited substance," the detailed verdict stated.

"He therefore did not believe that these supplements could contain prohibited substances. He did not understand how methylhexaneamine could have been found in 2016."

Though methylhexaneamine was not specifically named on the 2008 list of prohibited substances, it "fell within the scope of the general prohibition of stimulants having a similar chemical structure or similar biological effect as the listed stimulants," the three-member IOC panel wrote.

Carter can appeal the sanction to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. However, the IOC panel already anticipated one challenge in its written verdict.

"The Court of Arbitration for Sport has confirmed that the presence or use of substances falling within the scope of generic definitions of the prohibited list, can be used as a basis of establishing anti-doping rules violations," the verdict said.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.</s>Usain Bolt has been stripped of one of his Olympic gold medals from the 2008 Games in Beijing.

The Jamaican sprinter has had to relinquish his medal following a doping case into teammate Nesta Carter - who tested positive for a banned substance.

Jamaica won gold in the 4x100m after Carter, Michael Frater, Bolt and Asafa Powell finished the race in 37.10 seconds - a world record at the time.

Trinidad & Tobago finished second, while Japan took bronze.

On Wednesday, the International Olympic Committee announced Carter had tested positive for methylhexaneamine.

Jamaica, the committee announced, has now been retrospectively disqualified from the race.</s>Usain Bolt is no longer a triple-triple Olympic champion after his Jamaican sprint relay team-mate Nesta Carter was disqualified from the 2008 Games for failing a drugs test.

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The 31-year-old Carter ran the first leg in the 4x100 metres relay in Beijing, helping Jamaica to a new world record of 37.10 seconds and Bolt to his third Olympic gold medal.

But the International Olympic Committee has now stripped the Jamaicans of that victory after a re-analysis of Carter’s anti-doping sample tested positive for the banned stimulant methylhexaneamine.</s>JAMAICA (CNN) — Usain Bolt’s golden Olympic record was diminished Wednesday after Jamaican compatriot Nesta Carter tested positive for a banned substance.

Carter’s positive test means Bolt must return one of his nine Olympic gold medals.

The 30-year-old Bolt cemented his status as an all-time great by completing an unprecedented ‘triple triple’ in Rio 2016, becoming the only man to win all three sprint events at three Olympic Games.

But the gold the Jamaican won in the 4x100m relay in Beijing 2008 will no longer count after governing body the International Olympic Committee (IOC) disqualified the Caribbean island’s sprint team Wednesday.

Re-analysis of Carter’s samples from Beijing resulted in a positive test for the prohibited substance methylhexaneamine.

All four members of the team – Bolt, Asafa Powell, Michael Frater and Carter, a bronze medalist at the 2013 World Championships – lose their titles.

Last summer Bolt, the 100m and 200m world record holder, said returning one of his golds would be “heartbreaking” but added that he “would not have a problem” doing so.

Bolt’s agent Ricky Simms was not immediately available for comment.</s>(CNN) -- Usain Bolt's golden Olympic record was diminished Wednesday after Jamaican compatriot Nesta Carter tested positive for a banned substance.

Carter's positive test means Bolt must return one of his nine Olympic gold medals.

The 30-year-old Bolt cemented his status as an all-time great by completing an unprecedented 'triple triple' in Rio 2016, becoming the only man to win all three sprint events at three Olympic Games.

But the gold the Jamaican won in the 4x100m relay in Beijing will no longer count after governing body the International Olympic Committee (IOC) disqualified the Caribbean island's sprint team Wednesday.

Bolt's agent Ricky Simms was not immediately available for comment.</s>Usain Bolt has been stripped of one of his nine Olympic titles, after one of his Jamaican 4x100m team-mates with whom he won gold at the 2008 Games, tested positive for a banned substance.

The world’s greatest track-and-field star can no longer lay claim to the title of "triple-triple" Olympic champion, after Nesta Carter was caught out in the reanalysis of urine and blood samples from the Beijing Games.

Carter, the sixth fastest 100m runner of all time, ran the opening leg of the Olympic final eight years ago as Jamaica stormed to victory in a world-record 37.10sec, helping Bolt to a clean sweep of sprint titles as he burst onto the global stage at his first Games.

However, news emerged last summer that Carter was on a provisional list of 31 athletes who failed a retest of their doping samples, which took place using the latest scientific techniques in order to weed out drugs cheats ahead of Rio 2016.

The Jamaican did not compete in Rio and has been fighting to clear his name, but the International Olympic Committee on Wednesday confirmed his sample had tested positive for the prohibited substance methylhexaneamine.</s>The fastest man in the world, Usain Bolt, is probably not too happy right now because his legacy and medal count is being affected, and he is not at fault. It’s being reported that multiple Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt will be stripped of one of his gold medals due to a teammate’s failed drug test.

The Root is reporting that the nine-time Olympic gold medalist will now see his total count go down to eight, after Usain Bolt was officially stripped of his medal from the 2008 Olympic relay. However, Bolt is not the only one to lose his medal, as the entire Jamaican relay team has been disqualified after teammate Nesta Carter tested positive for an illegal substance.

If you’re wondering why Carter’s 2008 drug test has only recently been analyzed, the International Olympic Committee selected 454 drug samples to be retested and Carter’s was included in the bunch. He tested positive for methylhexanamine, which has been banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency since 2004.

In a statement, the International Olympic Committee stated, “The Jamaican team is disqualified. [T]the corresponding medals, medalist pins and diplomas are withdrawn and shall be returned.” At press time, Usain Bolt has not released a statement about losing his Olympic medal.

Also On The Light 103.9 FM:</s>The fastest man in the world, Usain Bolt alongside Jamaican 4×100 metres relay team have been formally stripped of their Beijing 2008 Olympic gold medal after the disqualification of Nesta Carter for doping.The decision, announced by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today, means that sprinting supremo Bolt loses the “triple triple” of gold medals won across the Beijing, London and Rio Games.Re-analysis of frozen samples submitted by Carter resulted in a positive test for banned stimulant methylhexaneamine: a substance that was indirectly but not specifically on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Prohibited list at the time.Trinidad and Tobago will now be promoted to the gold medal position.Japan will take the silver medal and Brazil the bronze.“The Jamaican team is disqualified from the men’s 4x100m relay event,” a statement confirmed.“The corresponding medals, medallist pins and diplomas are withdrawn and shall be returned.“This decision enters into force immediately.”Russia’s Tatiana Lebedeva has also been stripped of silver medals won in the long jump and triple jump events.</s>Usain Bolt was stripped of one of his nine Olympic gold medals on Wednesday as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) cancelled Jamaica's win in the 4X100m men's relay event at the 2008 Olympic Games after Nesta Carter, Bolt's team-mate tested positive for doping.

The decision which follows the retesting of hundreds of samples from the Beijing event, means that Bolt, as Carter's teammate, loses one of the three gold medals he won at the Beijing Games in 2008.

Carter was found to have tested positive for banned substance Methylhexanamine, which was once used in nasal decongestants but now is more commonly found as an ingredient in dietary supplements.

The loss of the relay gold deprives Bolt of one of his 'triple triples' -- he won gold in the 100m, 200 and the 4x100m at Beijing and then went on to repeat the feat in London in 2012 and again in Rio last year.</s>The fastest man in the world, Usain Bolt alongside Jamaican 4×100 metres relay team have been formally stripped of their Beijing 2008 Olympic gold medal.

This follows the disqualification of a member of the quartet, Nesta Carter, for doping.

The decision was announced by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in a statement on Wednesday.

It said re-analysis of frozen samples submitted by Carter resulted in a positive test for banned stimulant methylhexaneamine: a substance that was indirectly but not specifically on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Prohibited list at the time.

Trinidad and Tobago will now be promoted to the gold medal position.

Japan will take the silver medal and Brazil the bronze.

“The Jamaican team is disqualified from the men’s 4x100m relay event,” a statement confirmed.

“The corresponding medals, medallist pins and diplomas are withdrawn and shall be returned.

Russia’s Tatiana Lebedeva has also been stripped of silver medals won in the long jump and triple jump events.
The International Olympic Committee says that sprinter Nesta Carter took the banned substance methylhexaneamine while competing in the 2008 Olympic 4 × 100 metres relay. As a result, the Jamaican team is disqualified and Usain Bolt loses his ninth Olympic gold medal.