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Friday 1 June 2018

CAS ruling in Olympic doping

case takes Bolt’s 9th medal

in the 4x100-meter relay for certain alleged failures.” Frater and Asafa Powell.
when Bolt took the baton The verdict was expected, Carter, now 32, was also
third and helped Jamaica and spoils Bolt’s perfect on Bolt’s team for three
win in a world record of Olympic career of three straight world champion-
37.10 seconds. gold medals in the 100, 200 ship relay gold medals, in
In fresh analysis of Beijing and 4x100 at three consec- 2011, 2013 and 2015.
samples by the Internation- utive games in 2008, 2012 They were also teammates
al Olympic Committee in and 2016. when Jamaica set another
2016, Carter tested positive With Jamaica’s disqualifi- 4x100 world record in 2012
for the stimulant methylhex- cation confirmed again, at the London Olympics, in
Usain Bolt participates in a football training session with the aneamine. Jamaica was the gold medals will go a time of 36.84 seconds.
Norwegian soccer club Stromsgodset at the Marienlyst Stadium disqualified and stripped of the Trinidad and Tobago Dozens of athletes tested
in Drammen, Norway, Wednesday, May 30, 2018. the relay title. team of Keston Bledman, positive for banned drugs
Ass. Press The CAS panel said it Marc Burns, Emmanuel Cal- in an IOC-ordered reanaly-
LAUSANNE, Switzerland can sprinter Nesta Carter’s “could not accept any of lender, Richard Thompson sis program using new and
(AP) — Usain Bolt won’t appeal against disqualifi- the arguments raised by and Aaron Armstrong. more accurate tests on
be getting back his ninth cation from the 2008 Bei- Nesta Carter contending The IOC should upgrade samples stored since the
Olympic gold medal. jing Olympics for a positive that the test results should Japan to silver and Brazil to 2008 Beijing Olympics and
A Court of Arbitration for doping test discovered be ignored or the IOC (dis- bronze. 2012 London Olympics.
Sport judging panel on eight years later. ciplinary) decision should The Jamaica team in Bei- Carter’s case was the only
Thursday dismissed Jamai- Carter ran the opening leg otherwise be overturned jing also included Michael one involving Jamaica.q

Matsuyama

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showing up on leader- way out of the nasty rough
boards in his rookie sea- on the 10th and 11th holes,
son, had a 66. The group both times making bogey.
at 67 included Lucas Glov- And then he couldn’t miss.
er, while Jason Day was It started with an 18-foot
among those at 68. birdie putt on No. 13. He
So many of the other top followed with a wedge to
players struggled. tap-in range on the 14th
Justin Thomas, in his debut and another wedge to 2
as the No. 1 player in the feet on the par-5 15th. After
world, was trading birdies a 12-foot birdie putt on the
and bogeys and was mak- par-3 16th, he was in the
ing progress until he hit his middle of the fairway when
approach out-of-bounds his wedge landed beyond
on the par-5 seventh hole the hole and spun back
and made double bogey, into the cup.
sending him to a 72. Also at Matsuyama hasn’t had
72 was Dustin Johnson, who a top 10 since the Sentry
made nothing but pars on Tournament of Champi-
the back nine and failed to ons to start the year (tie for
birdie any of the par 5s. fourth), and he has been
Rory McIlroy played the struggling with a left thumb
Joaco Niemann, from Chile, follows his shot while practicing on the driving range after the first par 5s in 1 over and shot 74. injury.
round of the Memorial golf tournament Thursday, May 31, 2018, in Dublin, Ohio. Phil Mickelson was 4 under “It has been frustrating,” he
Associated Press through eight holes until said. “In the past, even if I
He answered with three of top 10s in his four events. tournament. a double bogey on No. 9, wasn’t playing well, I could
straight birdies — two of Another one this week He got that firm handshake and then four bogeys over still get it around, get it in
them on par 5s on the front might be enough to earn from the tournament host in his last six holes for a 74. Jor- the hole. So the last couple
nine — and got up-and- special temporary mem- 2010 when Ancer received dan Spieth shot 75, hurt by of months have been try-
down from 62 yards on the bership on the PGA Tour, the Jack Nicklaus Award as two double bogeys on the ing. I’m just really glad that I
ninth hole for a 72. meaning he would have the top junior college play- front nine. He went from a was able to play well today
“It was nice to somehow unlimited exemptions to try er when he was at Odessa fairway bunker into the wa- and post a good score at
grind out the round, turn to earn his card. College. He later played at ter on No. 6, and then went the start.”
it around and finish even Ancer had only one bo- Oklahoma. some 25 yards beyond the Niemann tied for sixth in his
par,” said Woods, playing gey on his card early in his “I got to come here as a green on the par-3 eighth pro debut at the Valero
the Memorial for the first round, and he followed freshman, get that award for another double bogey. Texas Open, and he had
time since 2013. with eight birdies. It was the from Jack. That was incred- Matsuyama’s big run be- a 65-66 weekend at Co-
Niemann, who won the first time he has had a share ible,” Ancer said. “It was gan after a sluggish start to lonial to tie for eighth. He
Latin America Amateur of the lead after any round like deja vu walking the the back nine on a muggy, has started quickly, much
Championship in January, in his 40th start on the PGA fairways — watching from humid day that left Muir- like Jon Rahm of Spain two
appears to be on the fast Tour. the outside, and now play- field Village soft, particu- years ago when he se-
track to the PGA Tour. He It wasn’t his first time at ing. It’s a dream come true. larly with a burst of heavy cured his card in four starts,
turned pro after the Mas- Muirfield Village, just An- And today I felt great.” rain late Wednesday. The boosted by a tie for third
ters and already has a pair cer’s first time playing the Beau Hossler, who keeps Japanese star chopped his and a runner-up finish.q