Jamaican sprinter Nesta Carter has lost his appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport against the International Olympic Committee‘s ruling to strip him and the Jamaican men’s sprint relay team of their gold medal from the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Carter was contesting against the decision issued on January 25, 2017 by the IOC’s Disciplinary Panel in which he was found to have committed an anti-doping rule violation.

The CAS panel concluded that the reanalysis of Carter’s sample confirmed the presence of methylhexaneamine.

A judgement said: “We [do] not accept any of the arguments raised by Nesta Carter contending that the test results should be ignored or that the decision should otherwise be overturned for certain alleged failures.

“Accordingly, the Cas panel dismissed the appeal and the decision is confirmed.”

The CAS panel noted that this case was strictly limited to the consequences related to the Beijing games and issues linked with fault or negligence are not relevant since sanctions such as ineligibility or disqualification from other events were not at stake here.

Accordingly, the Court dismissed the appeal and the decision issued on January 25, 2017 by the IOC DP is confirmed.

Carter at the Beijing Games participated in the men’s 4x100m relay final together with teammates Michael Frater, Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell.

He was also part of the 4x100m team in London five years ago and helped Jamaica win at the World Championships in 2011, 2013 and 2015.

The now-retired Bolt completed an unprecedented ‘triple triple’ of gold medals in Rio in 2016, but the International Olympic Committee (IOC) ruling to punish the Jamaica team left him with eight Olympic titles.

Speaking in January, the 31-year-old – who also won 100m, 200m and 4x100m gold at London 2012 and Rio 2016 – said it was “rough” to have to give back one of his medals but that it hadn’t changed “what I have done throughout my career”.