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2 days ago
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American Shannon Rowbury upgraded to 2012 Olympic 1500m bronze medal
American Shannon Rowbury is now the 2012 Olympic 1500m bronze medalist, moving up from fourth place after silver medalist Tatyana Tomashova of Russia was retroactively disqualified in a doping case last September. IOC President Kirsty Coventry announced Thursday that the 2012 Olympic 1500m silver and bronze medals were reallocated. Advertisement Abeba Aregawi of Ethiopia was upgraded to silver and Rowbury to bronze, both behind gold medalist Maryam Yusuf Jamal of Bahrain. "I feel really blessed that my Olympic story seems to be having a happy ending, which is something I had kind of given up on," Rowbury told her local NBC affiliate in the Bay Area in September. Rowbury, who is 40 and last competed internationally on the track in 2020, is now one of two U.S. women to win an Olympic 1500m medal. Jenny Simpson took bronze at the 2016 Rio Games. Rowbury crossed the finish line in sixth place in the 2012 Olympic 1500m final. Since, five women out of the original field of 13 have been retroactively disqualified for doping. Advertisement The original gold and silver medalists — Asli Cakir Alptekin and Gamze Bulut of Turkiye — were disqualified in 2015 and 2017, respectively. Jamal was then upgraded from bronze to gold, Tomashova was upgraded from fourth place to silver and Aregawi was upgraded from fifth place to bronze. Aregawi received her reallocated bronze medal in a ceremony at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 9. Now, those results have changed again with the bronze going to Rowbury and the silver to Aregawi. 2012 Olympic women's 1500m final results D̶Q̶.̶ ̶A̶̶̶s̶̶̶l̶̶̶i̶̶̶ ̶C̶̶̶a̶̶̶k̶̶̶i̶̶̶r̶̶̶ ̶A̶̶̶l̶̶̶p̶̶̶t̶̶̶e̶̶̶k̶̶̶i̶̶̶n̶̶̶ ̶(̶̶̶T̶̶̶U̶̶̶R̶̶̶)̶̶̶ ̶-̶̶̶-̶̶̶ ̶4̶̶̶:̶̶̶1̶̶̶0̶̶̶.̶2̶̶̶3̶ ̶D̶Q̶.̶ ̶G̶̶̶a̶̶̶m̶̶̶z̶̶̶e̶̶̶ ̶B̶̶̶u̶̶̶l̶̶̶u̶̶̶t̶̶̶ ̶(̶̶̶T̶̶̶U̶̶̶R̶̶̶)̶̶̶ ̶-̶̶̶-̶̶̶ ̶4̶̶̶:̶̶̶1̶̶̶0̶̶̶.̶4̶̶̶0̶̶̶ Gold: Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BRN) -- 4:10.74 ̶D̶Q̶.̶ ̶T̶̶̶a̶̶̶t̶̶̶y̶̶̶a̶̶̶n̶̶̶a̶̶̶ ̶T̶̶̶o̶̶̶m̶̶̶a̶̶̶s̶̶̶h̶̶̶o̶̶̶v̶̶̶a̶̶̶ ̶(̶̶̶R̶̶̶U̶̶̶S̶̶̶)̶̶̶ ̶-̶̶̶-̶̶̶ ̶4̶̶̶:̶̶̶1̶̶̶0̶̶̶.̶9̶̶̶0̶̶̶ Silver: Abeba Aregawi (ETH) -- 4:11.03 Bronze: Shannon Rowbury (USA) -- 4:11.26 D̶Q̶.̶ ̶N̶̶̶a̶̶̶t̶̶̶a̶̶̶l̶̶̶l̶̶̶i̶̶̶a̶̶̶ ̶K̶̶̶a̶̶̶r̶̶̶e̶̶̶i̶̶̶v̶̶̶a̶̶̶ ̶(̶̶̶B̶̶̶L̶̶̶R̶̶̶)̶̶̶ ̶-̶̶̶-̶̶̶ ̶4̶̶̶:̶̶̶1̶̶̶1̶̶̶.̶5̶̶̶8̶̶̶ 4. Lucia Klocova (SVK) -- 4:12.64 ̶D̶Q̶.̶ ̶E̶̶̶k̶̶̶a̶̶̶t̶̶̶e̶̶̶r̶̶̶i̶̶̶n̶̶̶a̶̶̶ ̶K̶̶̶o̶̶̶s̶̶̶t̶̶̶e̶̶̶t̶̶̶s̶̶̶k̶̶̶a̶̶̶y̶̶̶a̶̶̶ ̶(̶̶̶R̶̶̶U̶̶̶S̶̶̶)̶̶̶ ̶-̶̶̶-̶̶̶ ̶4̶̶̶:̶̶̶1̶̶̶2̶̶̶.̶9̶̶̶0̶̶̶ 5. Lisa Dobriskey (GBR) -- 4:13.02 6. Laura Weightman (GBR) -- 4:15.60 7. Hellen Obiri (KEN) -- 4:16.57 DNF. Morgan Uceny (USA)
The Independent
2 days ago
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- The Independent
Peter Fleming amazed to hear stolen Wimbledon medals were recovered by mudlark
Peter Fleming thought the Wimbledon medals he won during a famous doubles partnership with John McEnroe were lost forever when they were stolen in a robbery at his home. But months later the American was astonished to discover they had been found by a mudlarker on the banks of the Thames in tennis' own true crime story. The medals form part of a new exhibition, Secrets of the Thames, at London Museum Docklands, which features objects found through mudlarking – the historic practice of scouring the foreshore at low tide for artefacts. Fleming, who won four Wimbledon men's doubles titles with McEnroe in the 1970s and 80s and three US Open crowns, told the unusual tale to the PA news agency. 'I had just moved into a new flat in Wimbledon and for some reason I thought I didn't need to double lock my door because it was a secure building so I just pulled it shut and went out to play golf,' said the 70-year-old, a well-known face as a TV pundit. 'I came back about six hours later and my place had been ransacked. They stole a bunch of stuff. It's a horrible feeling when you get burgled, you feel like you've been violated or something. 'I had nine Wimbledon medals. You get to the semi-finals and they give you a medal: bronze, silver or gold. 'Apparently the guys who stole my stuff just drove down Putney High Street and anything that had a name on it they threw in the river. 'Six months later, somebody contacts me somehow, they first contacted the club I think. A couple of the medals were in perfect condition, a couple of them were all green. 'It was just such a freak occurrence. I thought they were gone. It was a real surprise to hear somebody say, 'we've got your medals'.' Mudlarks need a permit to search the banks of the Thames, and a condition of the permit is that all objects of historical interest must be reported to London Museum. 'The mudlark in question who found the medals, he was used to coming in and reporting his finds to us,' said museum curator Kate Sumnall. 'It's written on the medals what they are so he brought them in and said, 'I've just found this group of medals all together on the same stretch of the foreshore, what do we do next?' 'We had a look at them, reached out to Peter Fleming and we were able to reunite the medals with Peter but also to hear the story of how Peter had unfortunately suffered from a burglary. 'We know that there's so much stolen property that ends up in the river, there's people's purses, wallets, jewellery, bags, that are just dumped in the river and it's rare that we can find the owner's name, and then to trace them and reunite them is a really special thing.' Among the other objects on display in the exhibition – which runs until March 1, 2026 – are the barrels from a sawn-off shotgun, a dagger that dates back to the 1500s, a ball and chain, and weighted gamblers' dice. Sumnall added of Fleming's medals: 'He was very generous with lending them to us and we're very pleased because they're one of the few contemporary objects we have on display, and it's lovely to have that connection with such an iconic sport and the Wimbledon Championships, and of course such a well-known name as Peter.'
News.com.au
3 days ago
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- News.com.au
Arisa Trew continues to break records with X Games dominance
Arisa Trew adds more medals to her impressive tally with her recent dominance at the X Games in Osaka
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6 days ago
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GB top Para-canoe medal table at Euro Championships
Laura Sugar added a European title to her Olympic and World Championship crowns [Getty Images] Great Britain's Para-canoe team added a further three medals on the final day of the European Championships to finish top of the medal table. The team finished with nine medals in all - four golds, four silvers and one bronze - seven medals clear of any other country. Advertisement Laura Sugar raced to victory in the KL3 200m event, finishing 1.747 seconds ahead of France's Nelia Barbosa. The win means Sugar has now added a European title to her Olympic and World Championship crowns. Edward Clifton added silver by finishing behind Portugal's Norberto Mourao in the men's VL2 200m event, while Stuart Wood finished runner-up in the VL3 200m. Charlotte Henshaw won two of Great Britain's six medals on Saturday, winning the KL2 and claiming silver in the VL3. Henshaw was beaten in the VL3 women's final by compatriot Hope Gordon, who won by half a length. Olympic silver medallist David Phillipson, 36, held off Italy's Christian Volpi to win the KL2 men's final in a time of 41.516 seconds. Jonny Young claimed silver in the men's KL3 final, while Taylor Gough earned a bronze in the VL1 final on his international debut.
BBC News
6 days ago
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- BBC News
GB top Para-canoe medal table at Euro Championships
Great Britain's Para-canoe team added a further three medals on the final day of the European Championships to finish top of the medal team finished with nine medals in all - four golds, four silvers and one bronze - seven medals clear of any other country. Laura Sugar raced to victory in the KL3 200m event, finishing 1.747 seconds ahead of France's Nelia Barbosa. The win means Sugar has now added a European title to her Olympic and World Championship crowns. Edward Clifton added silver by finishing behind Portugal's Norberto Mourao in the men's VL2 200m event, while Stuart Wood finished runner-up in the VL3 200m. Charlotte Henshaw won two of Great Britain's six medals on Saturday, winning the KL2 and claiming silver in the VL3. Henshaw was beaten in the VL3 women's final by compatriot Hope Gordon, who won by half a length. Olympic silver medallist David Phillipson, 36, held off Italy's Christian Volpi to win the KL2 men's final in a time of 41.516 seconds. Jonny Young claimed silver in the men's KL3 final, while Taylor Gough earned a bronze in the VL1 final on his international debut.
