IOC wants Lance to hand back medal
10 Sept 2013 4:51 AM IST
IOC wants disgraced American cyclist Lance Armstrong’s to return his Olympic bronze medal won in 2000 Sydney Games, revealed Thomas Bach, head of the international body’s judicial commission.
IOC had written to Armstrong, who was third in the time-trial event in Sydney, in January, asking him to hand back the medal, but Bach admitted while the cyclist had accepted the punishment he is yet to honour his promise to return the medal.
‘We declared his result null and void and decided not to bump up anyone into the bronze medal position (Spaniard Abraham Olano finished fourth). This has not been challenged but we are sadly lacking the medal. We are working with USOC to get it back as we requested,’ said Bach, who is the favourite to succeed outgoing IOC president Jacques Rogge on Tuesday.
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