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Usain Bolt stripped of his gold medal
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- 28 January, 2017
- 05:57
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Baku. 28 January. REPORT.AZ/ Usain Bolt lost his claim to the title of ‘triple-triple’ Olympic champion when a Jamaican 4 x 100 metres team-mate retrospectively tested positive for a banned substance and caused the 2008 Beijing gold medal winners to be stripped of their title.
Report informs referring to Reuters.
"It's rough that I have to give back one of my medals and I already gave it back because it was of course required by the IOC", the sportsman told.
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