Russian 400-meter hurdler Natalya Antyukh will lose her gold medal from the 2012 London Games due to doping, putting American Lashinda Demus in position to be named the champion more than a decade after the race.
MONACO (AP) Russian runner Natalya Antyukh was disqualified on Monday from her 400-meter hurdles win at the 2012 London Olympics for doping, and Lashinda Demus of the United States is set to be upgraded to the gold medal.
Natalya Antyukh was disqualified from her 400-meter hurdles win in London, with U.S. athlete Lashinda Demus set to be crowned the 2012 Olympic champion.