Jamaica athlete failed dope test

A Jamaican athlete is among those who have failed a doping test after samples were re-examined from the 2008 Beijing Olympic games in the wake of a drugs scandal, sources familiar with the case have said.

The athlete has returned an adverse analytical finding for the A-sample and the result of the B-sample test is expected from the World Anti-Doping Agency accredited laboratory in Lausanne within days, the sources said.

Not bolt, says runner’s agent Usain Bolt’s agent says the sprint star is not the athlete whose retested sample has revealed a doping violation.

The runner cannot be named pending the outcome of the B-sample test, however Bolt’s agent denied to the French sports newspaper L’Equipe that the sprint king was the athlete involved.

Following the biggest doping scandal in years, the International Olympic Committee has ordered retesting of 2008 and 2012 Olympic samples where traces of drugs that were undetectable at the time now show up under advanced techniques.

The IOC said last month that 31 athletes from six different sports and 12 countries had tested positive in the retesting of 2008 samples and that it had launched disciplinary action against the athletes who would not be allowed to compete in August’s Games.

Jamaica won six gold, three silver and two bronze medals at the 2008 Olympics, all in athletics.