Olympic great Usian Bolt has had to give back one of his gold medals he won in 2008 thanks to his doping teammate.

The Telegraph reported that the Fastest Man Alive was stripped of one of his nine Olympic gold medals after teammate Nesta Carter tested positive for a banned substance.

Carter was one of  the 454 athletes whose doping samples were retested by the International Olympic Committee last year and a reanalysis of his blood and urine samples from the Beijing Games were positive for methylhexaneamine. The substance has been on the World Anti-Doping Agency's list of banned substances since 2004.

"The Jamaican team is disqualified from the men's 4x100m relay event. The corresponding medals, medallist pins and diplomas are withdrawn and shall be returned," the IOC said in a press release.

The other members of that Jamaican relay team who had the medals they won in Beijing taken away are Michael Frater and Asafa Powell.

Carter did not compete with the Jamaican team in last year's Olympic Games in Rio.

As for the legacy of Bolt, who is regarded as the greatest track-and field star ever, Britain's two-time Olympic silver medalist Roger Black spoke about that subject on BBC Radio.

"It takes the shine off Bolt's achievement. Eight doesn't have the same ring - 'double treble, plus two,'" Black said. "It will be really frustrating for him. You can only account for yourself, you cannot account for your teammates. We know it has nothing to do with Usain Bolt - it will not damage his reputation - but it will affect it, take shine off it and he won't be a happy man."