Ruling on Carter's case to CAS

Secretary General of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), Matthieu Reeb has been quoted by UK  media entity Insidethegames as saying that the ruling in Nesta Carter's appeal against the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) decision to strip him and Jamaican sprint relay teammates of their gold medal from the 2008 Olympics, is expected within the next few days.

Reeb was quoted by Insidethegames on Tuesday as saying: "I am confident that the Carter case can be finalised on or before Thursday this week,". The CAS Secretary General added: "A media release will be issued on that occasion."

Carter was disqualified in January 2017 after he failed a drug test for banned substance methylhexaneamine following re-analysis by the IOC of samples stored after the Beijing Olympics. That meant double sprint world record holder Usain Bolt, Michael Frater, Asafa Powell and Dwight Thomas, who ran in the heat, were forced to hand back their gold medals.

Reactiong to Reeb's statement on Hitz 92 FM's Sports Explosion, president of the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association Dr Warren Blake said he was not expecting it to happen. dr Blake also believes the ruling has been drawn out because it would bring great humiliation to the IOC. Dr Blake also revealed that he rejected several orders from the IOC to ban Carter from competing.

Methylhexaneamine was only added by name to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA  banned list in 2010, although it was indirectly outlawed before then, and some past cases involving the drug have resulted in a warning rather than a ban. 32-year-old Carter, the 100m bronze medallist from the 2013 World Championships in Moscow, appeared in person at a seven-hour CAS hearing in Lausanne in November last year to challenge the IOC’s decision.