Three and a half years after her retirement,
Ruth Beitia,
current Olympic high jump champion, has been confirmed as a bronze medalist at the London 2012 Games once the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has confirmed the suspension of the Russian
Svetlana Shkolina
.
Beitia had qualified fourth in the London Olympic final, behind Shkolina, who has been suspended for doping along with eleven other Russian athletes who participated in those Games.
The CAS has partially upheld Shkolina's appeal to modify the period of disqualification, which has been reduced from 4 years to 2 years and 9 months.
The TAS resolution implies the annulment of all the results obtained by Shkolina between July 16, 2012 and December 31, 2014. The London 2012 Olympic final was played on July 27.
Beitia, Olympic champion in Rio 2016, also
becomes runner-up at the 2013 Moscow World Cups
after having closed the podium after the Russian and American Brigetta Barrett.
The Spanish high jump record holder, now retired, is the only Spanish athlete to be an Olympic medalist on more than one occasion.
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