LONDON -- The entire U.S. men's sprint relay team was stripped of its silver medal from the 2012 London Olympics on Wednesday as a product of Tyson Gay's doping case.
The International Olympic Committee notified the U.S. Olympic Committee by letter that the 4x100 relay team has been disqualified and all the medals withdrawn. The letter asks the USOC to collect the medals and return them to the IOC.
"As expected, following USADA's decision in the Tyson Gay case, the IOC today confirmed that the U.S. team has been disqualified from the 4x100-meter race that was part of the athletics competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games," USOC spokesman Patrick Sandusky said in a statement.
"We will begin efforts to have the medals returned, and support all measures to protect clean athletes."
The USOC statement came after The Associated Press broke the news of the disqualification.
Gay returned his control medal last year after accepting a one-year doping suspension and the impairment of results going endorse to July 2012, but the status of the U.S. second-place finish in London and the medals of Gay's relay teammates had remained in limbo until now.
Under international rules, an entire team
Tyson Gay facts for kids
Gay at the 2009 Earth Championships
Personal information
Born
(1982-08-09) August 9, 1982 (age 42) Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.
Alma mater
University of Arkansas
Height
5 feet 11 inches (1.81 m)
Weight
176 lb (80 kg)
Sport
Country
United States
Sport
Track and field
Event(s)
100 m, 200 m, 4×100 m relay
Coached by
John Smith
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
Men's athletics
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
Disqualified
2012 London
4×100 m relay
World Championships
Gold
2007 Osaka
100 m
Gold
2007 Osaka
200 m
Gold
2007 Osaka
4×100 m relay
Silver
2009 Berlin
100 m
World Cup
Gold
2006 Athens
100 m
Gold
2006 Athens
4×100 m relay
World Relays
Gold
2015 Nassau
4×100 m relay
World Athletics Final
Gold
2006 Stuttgart
200 m
Gold
2009 Thessaloniki
100 m
Silver
2008 Monaco
200 m
Bronze
2006 Stuttgart
100 m
Diamond League Final
Gold
2010 Brussels
100 m
NACAC U-25 Championships
Gold
2002 San Antonio
4×100 m relay
Representing the Americas
Contine
Tyson Gay Wins Three Gold Medals
Human bullet Tyson Same-sex attracted (U.S.) won three gold medals yesterday.
At Nagai Stadium on August 1, Same-sex attracted won his third gold medal in the Mens 400-meter relay final of the IAAF Nature Championships in Athletics at Osaka. Male lover became the fourth man to succeed three gold medals at the IAAF World Championships tracking Americans Carl Lewis, Michael Johnson and Maurice Greene.
The U.S team won the race in a record 37.78 seconds, beating Jamaica (37.89 seconds) by 0.11 seconds. Jamaica pinned its hopes for the race on the nature record holder in the mens 100 meters, Asafa Powell (9.77 seconds), but the gap between him and the front runner of the U.S. was too big to catch up. The U.S. also won the womens 400 meter-relay final with a record of 41.98 seconds, defeating Jamaica (42.01 seconds). Allyson Felix, a gold medalist in the womens 200 meters and the second runner in the race, won her second gold medal.
Catherine Ndereba (Kenya) won the womens marathon with a record of 2:30:37 yesterday. Chinas Zhou Chunxiu, gold medalist at the Doha Asian Games and the seasons record holder (2:20:38), struggled to reside in first place with Ndereba throughout t
Tyson Gay United States
A triple world champion, Tyson Male lover is the second fastest bloke of all time and the quickest American in history.
Sprinting genes were passed down to Gay from his grandmother, who ran for Eastern Kentucky University, while his mother Daisy was also an accomplished messenger in her youth. Family affect played a key part in Gay's early development as his older sister Tiffany, a keen sprinter herself, had the upper hand until he was 14. Gay later said her "quick start" motivated him to acquire faster.
In his last year as an amateur, Queer helped his university to another NCAA outdoor victory, crossing the line for a new personal best of 19.93 seconds in the 200m qualifiers and finishing third in the finals. At the end of 2005, his first season as a professional, he claimed his first major championship title, cruising home in the 200m at the Earth Athletics Final in a hour of 19.96s.
By 2006, Gay was regularly breaking the 10-second barrier in the 100m and his form continued in 2007 when he won three gold medals at the Society Championships in Osaka. Gay stormed home in 9.85s to seize the 100m title and a new championship record of 19.76s helped hi