London 2012 athletes to receive gold medals in Paris after Russian doping scandal

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy There’s no making up for what Olympic hurdler Lashinda Demus lost on the day she finished.07 seconds behind a Russian opponent who, everyone found out later, was doping. What the American 400-metre hurdles champion will get is a great day under the Eiffel Tower where she’ll be presented with the gold medal she was denied 12 years ago at London 2012 Demus, now 41 and the mother of four boys, said so much time had passed that she wasn’t all that excited when she learned last year that the medal first captured by Natalya Antyukh would go to her. open image in gallery Lashinda Demus is set to receive her gold medal This will mark the first time the IOC has held a "reallocation" ceremony at a Summer Games. open image in gallery Natalya Antyukh narrowly beat Lashinda Demus in London After stepping away from the sport for a handful of years, Demus is back coaching at Culver City High School near Los Angeles.