At the Paris Games, American track and field athletes will receive the gold medals from the 2012 Olympic Games, which the Russians were deprived of

American track and field athletes Lashinda Demus And Eric Kinard At the Paris Olympics, they will receive the gold medals from the 2012 Games in London, which were awarded to them after the cancellation of the results of Russian athletes, according to the website of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Russian Natalia Antyukh won the 400m hurdles in London, Ivan Ukhov took first place in the high jump. Subsequently, Antyukh and Ukhov were disqualified for anti-doping rule violations. Demus and Kinard will present the prizes of which Antyukh and Ukhova were deprived, the ceremony will take place on August 9 in the Jardins du Trocadéro park near the Eiffel Tower.

In addition, the following athletes will receive awards that were previously redistributed during the ceremony:

Beverly MacDonald (Jamaica; 2000 Olympics, 200m dash, bronze), Chelsea Hammond-Ross (Jamaica; 2008 Olympics, long jump, bronze), Tarek Abdelazim (Egypt; 2012 Olympics, weightlifting, up ‘at 85 kg, bronze), Derek Drouin (Canada; 2012 Olympics, high jump, silver), Chung Sang-kyun (South Korea; 2012 Olympics, weightlifting, over 105 kg, bronze), Abeba Aregawi (Ethiopia; 2012 Olympics, 1500m running, bronze), Zuzana Geynova (Czech Republic; 2012 Olympics, 400m hurdles, silver), Kalis Spencer (Jamaica; 2012 Olympics, 400m hurdles , bronze).

The Paris Olympic Games will take place from July 26 to August 11.

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