Los Angeles: US distance runner Shalane Flanagan was celebrating on Monday after finally being awarded her silver medal from the 2008 Olympic Games 10,000 meters following a doping ban against Turkish second-place finisher Elvan Abeylegesse.
The United States Olympic Committee confirmed that Flanagan had been upgraded to silver after a retest of a sample belonging to Ethiopian-born runner Abeylegesse from the 2007 World Championships found traces of banned drugs.
Bronze medallist Flanagan posted a picture of herself on Twitter, kissing her newly acquired silver medal in celebration. Flanagan said she had declined an offer from USOC to have her silver awarded at a public ceremony.
“Receiving my proper medal and having the record books changed is a dream come true,” Flanagan said. AFP
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