Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

Current Affairs

Topic

International: 2023

Question:

Which of the following athelete has been awarded Gold Medal in 400 m hurdle in March 2023, more than 10 years after 2012 London Olympic Games because the original gold medalist was stripped of her title due to her involvement in the Russian doping scandal?

Options:

Natalya Antyukh

Lashinda Demu

Simon Biles

Stephen Lawrence

Correct Answer:

Lashinda Demu

Explanation:

Lashinda Demus, a runner from the United States, has been awarded an Olympic gold medal at the age of 40, more than a decade after the 2012 London Games. This came after the International Olympic Committee stripped Natalya Antyukh, the original gold medalist in the 400-meter hurdles, of her title due to her involvement in the Russian doping scandal. Antyukh had beaten Demus by just 0.07 seconds on the London track, but historical evidence recovered from a Moscow testing laboratory database allowed the Athletics Integrity Unit to disqualify Antyukh's results from July 2012 through June 2013.