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US relay team stripped of 2012 Olympic silver medals

May 14, 2015 00:51 IST

Silver medallists Trell Kimmons, Justin Gatlin, Tyson Gay and Ryan Bailey of United States pose with their silver medals at the 2012 London Olympic Games, on August 11, 2012. Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images

The members of the US men's 4x100 metres relay team that won silver at the 2012 Olympics have been stripped of their medals following the doping conviction of sprinter Tyson Gay, the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) said on Wednesday.

Trell Kimmons, Justin Gatlin and Ryan Bailey as well as Jeffery Demps and Darvis Patton, who ran a preliminary heat, will lose their medals after Gay was banned last year following a positive test for an anabolic steroid.

"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-metres race that was part of the athletics competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games," Patrick Sandusky, USOC chief communications and public affairs officer, said in a statement.

"We will begin efforts to have the medals returned, and support all measures to protect clean athletes."

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