Hamilton set to lose Athens gold
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August 10, 2012, Friday
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AMERICAN cyclist Tyler Hamilton will be stripped of his Athens 2004 Olympic gold medal today as the International Olympic Committee moves to close the case before the end of an eight-year statute of limitation.
An IOC source said a disciplinary commission would issue a final ruling on the matter after the athlete, who won the time-trial gold, admitted to doping.
"It will happen tomorrow," the source said. "The commission waited to see if there was more information coming from the US Anti-Doping Agency that implicated other riders or their coaches from the Athens Games but there is no more coming."
Retired Russian rider Viatcheslav Ekimov is set to move up to gold with American Bobby Julich awarded silver and Michael Rogers of Australia moving up from fourth to bronze.
Hamilton was initially allowed to keep his medal in 2004, after testing positive for blood doping, because the laboratory had destroyed his B sample by deep-freezing it. The following year, Hamilton tested positive for a blood transfusion and was banned for two years.
In 2006, he was linked to the Spanish doping scandal before testing positive for steroids three years later. He was given an eight-year ban after he said he had taken an over-the-counter treatment for depression.
An IOC source said a disciplinary commission would issue a final ruling on the matter after the athlete, who won the time-trial gold, admitted to doping.
"It will happen tomorrow," the source said. "The commission waited to see if there was more information coming from the US Anti-Doping Agency that implicated other riders or their coaches from the Athens Games but there is no more coming."
Retired Russian rider Viatcheslav Ekimov is set to move up to gold with American Bobby Julich awarded silver and Michael Rogers of Australia moving up from fourth to bronze.
Hamilton was initially allowed to keep his medal in 2004, after testing positive for blood doping, because the laboratory had destroyed his B sample by deep-freezing it. The following year, Hamilton tested positive for a blood transfusion and was banned for two years.
In 2006, he was linked to the Spanish doping scandal before testing positive for steroids three years later. He was given an eight-year ban after he said he had taken an over-the-counter treatment for depression.
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