PRESIDENT of the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA), Christopher Samuda, is backing Nesta Carter to convince the Court of Arbitration for Sport that he is innocent of any wrongdoing after he tested positive for a banned substance retrospectively.

Carter, who was found to have methylhexaneamine in his urine at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, lost the gold medal he had earned in the 4×100 metres.

That result also affected Usain Bolt, Michael Frater, Asafa Powell, and Michael Frater.
According to Samuda, the JOA has supported Carter in his bid to clear his name from day one.

“I was the one from JOA who called him (Carter) when the news was communicated to us, and from that phone call, we have been supporting him,” he said.
“We have had meetings with him, [and] we have had meetings with the management of his club in Jamaica (MVP Track Club) in relation to the issues involving the case, as well as in terms of the strategy that should be employed.

“We have been very close to him and giving him the support. He’s one of our national athletes and has acquitted himself very well, and we are obliged to do it as a national organisation, and that is our culture – to support our national athletes whenever anything like this occurs. It was just natural for us to do so.”

Samuda also pointed out that if Carter had his case overturned, there may be more instances of persons taking instances of retrospective punishments to the CAS.