Usain Bolt is still the man to beat in the Olympic men’s athletics but he can no longer claim to have equalled the record of nine gold medals.

The Jamaican icon retired in 2017 and no man has been able to replicate his total dominance of the sport since as he still holds two World Records.

In Beijing in 2008, London in 2012, and Rio in 2016, Bolt won three gold medals in sprinting in three different Games.

With that amazing accomplishment, the 37-year-old tied the records of Carl Lewis and Paavo Nurmi for the most Olympic gold medals won in athletics with nine.

But Bolt lost one of his golds the year he retired, and talkSPORT.come examines the reasons why.

Why was Bolt’s gold medal from the Olympics taken away?

In the men’s 4×100-meter relay in Beijing in 2008, Bolt was disqualified after the competition, costing him the gold medal.

Along with Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, and Asafa Powell, he was a member of a four-person team that finished in 37.10 seconds, breaking the world record.

However, the International Olympic Committee found Carter guilty of doping in 2017, nearly ten years after the Games.

Because he took performance-enhancing drugs to get ready for the Olympics, all of his medals were taken away.

This implied that not only was his 2008 relay medal removed, but regrettably, it also resulted in the removal of the medals of his teammates.

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Bolt’s “triple” accomplishment of taking first place in the 100-, 200-, and 4×100-meter relays in three consecutive Olympics was also lost when he lost the gold.

Even though it erased his history, he is nonetheless honored by the legacy he has left in the game.

“I am disappointed based on losing a medal,” Carter said in a statement following the announcement of Carter’s selection.

“However, it won’t detract from my career’s accomplishments because, ultimately, what matters is that I have won my individual events.”

“What can you do?” he continued. I’ve done all I wanted in the sport, I have really impacted the sport, I’ve really accomplished a lot, so for me, I can’t complain.”

And Bolt still has his complete set of three 100m and 200m medals, while also still holding World Records in both…

What is Bolt’s 100m and 200m record times?

The world record for the men’s 100m is 9.58 seconds.

Bolt set that time in August 2009 at the World Athletics Championships—not at the Olympics in Beijing the year before.

What is Bolt’s 100m and 200m record times?

The common misconception comes from the fact that the 6ft 5in sprinter did set a world record time of 9.69 with his gold medal win.

However, only a year later, Bolt smashed his own record and no sprinter has beaten it to this day.

Bolt still holds the Olympic record in 100m after he ran 9.63 seconds in London.

In the 200m, Bolt is also the world record holder.

His time of 19.19 seconds, which was set at the same event in 2009, still stands.

He also holds the Olympic record at 19.30 seconds which he set in Beijing.