Athletics - Western Championships Track Meet - men's 4 x 100 meters relay - Montego Bay, Jamaica - 11/2/17 - Jamaica's Nesta Carter after competing. REUTERS/Gilbert Bellamy
(Reuters) - Embattled Jamaican sprinter Nesta Carter has filed an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) after he was retroactively found guilty of doping at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, his lawyer said on Wednesday.
Carter is awaiting a date to come before the CAS for his appeal, lawyer Stuart Stimpson told Reuters after confirming the appeal had been submitted to the Switzerland-based body within the 21-day deadline.
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