China News Service, Beijing, May 27th. The World Athletics Federation website updated the athlete's profile card. The profile of the famous Chinese women's racewalker Qiyang Shi has been marked with "Olympic Gold Medalist", which indicates that the World Athletics Federation has recognized her as the winner of the 2012 London Olympic Games. Olympic women's 20km race walk champion.
Image source: Screenshot of the official website of the World Athletics Federation.
Two other Chinese athletes, Liu Hong and Lu Xiuzhi, won silver and bronze medals in the women's 20km race walking at the London Olympics.
Image source: Screenshot of the official website of the World Athletics Federation.
On March 21, local time, the "Athletics Integrity Committee", an independent investigation agency under the World Athletics Federation, issued an announcement saying that the 2012 London Olympics women's 20km race walking champion Yelena Rashmanova was cancelled due to doping issues.
This means that the rankings of Chinese players Qiyang Shijie, Liu Hong and Lu Xiuzhi are expected to fill up.
Image source: Screenshot of the official website of the World Athletics Federation.
According to past experience, after the IAAF's approval, the results of the three Chinese athletes need to be confirmed by the International Olympic Committee Executive Committee before they can be officially supplemented as the corresponding rankings.
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