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Post by Willow on Jun 17, 2016 15:35:56 GMT 9.5
Nearly four years late and half a world away from London, Jared Tallent finally received his chance to move up another rung on the Olympic medal podium.
Tallent, initially awarded the silver medal in the 50-kilometer walk at the 2012 London Games, was handed the gold by Australian Olympic Committee president John Coates in a ceremony in front of the Old Treasury Building in Melbourne.
He was elevated to first after Sergei Kirdyapkin of Russia, who captured the gold in London, was stripped of his medal for doping. Kirdyapkin received a three-year ban by the Russian anti-doping agency, but it initially didn’t cover his 2012 Olympics result. The Court of Arbitration for Sport overturned the Russian sanction in March, clearing the way for the 31-year-old Tallent to finally receive his gold medal.
Congratulations Jarred
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Post by Cullyn Of Cerrmor on Jun 19, 2016 10:50:59 GMT 9.5
Yes it was about time :-)
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Post by Willow on Jun 20, 2016 14:04:53 GMT 9.5
And meanwhile this girl and others missed out
Olympian Bronwyn Thompson is now hopeful that her athletic heir, Brooke Stratton, will be the first Australian female long jumper for 30 years not to have her moment of glory stolen by drug cheats.
Thompson is delighted that the International Association of Athletics Federations, backed by the International Olympic Committee, has taken the decision to ban Russia from the Rio Olympics for systematic doping.
Thompson was the victim of one of the most egregious miscarriages of justice in sport when she finished fourth in the long jump at the 2004 Athens Olympics, behind three Russians, two of whom were later banned for doping. The results were never reviewed.
She long ago came to terms with the injustice done to her, but she is pleased the current generation of Australian athletes will not share her fate. “Although it’s sad to know that there are people out there taking drugs, it’s a really positive step for sport,’’ she said.
“It will mean that clean athletes have the opportunity to excel and achieve on that world stage.’’
Unlike race walker Jared Tallent, who has received the Olympic gold medal he was denied by a Russian drug cheat in London in 2012, Thompson and many others will never be compensated for their loss. The statute of limitations has expired for those who competed more than 10 years ago.
“One of my other great teammates, Sarah Jamieson, didn’t get through to the 1500m final at the Beijing Olympics and eight of the finalists have since tested positive,’’ she said. “Hopefully, no one else will be put in that position.’’
Thompson said Stratton was “an excellent prospect for a medal in Rio’’. Stratton broke Thompson’s national record with a leap of 7.05m, the second-biggest jump in the world so far this year
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