Olympic silver in sight, Canadian weightlifter awaits word on gold, bronze
An Olympic medal upgrade for Christine Girard is a reality with the official stripping of the gold from her Kazakh competitor. But there could be a lot more in store for the Canadian weightlifter.
Maiya Maneza was among eight athletes punished by the International Olympic Committee on Thursday for positive drug tests that surfaced in a retest of samples from the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
The IOC declared that Maneza must give up the gold after testing positive for the steroid stanozolol.
Girard became the first Canadian woman to win an Olympic weightlifting medal when she took bronze in the women’s 63-kilogram class in London.