Nairobi, Dec 8 (Ians) Beijing 2008 Olympic women’s 800m champion Pamela Jelimo of Kenya received her bronze medal from the London 2012 Games at a special ceremony here on Wednesday, ten years after the conclusion of the Summer Games in the British capital.
The ceremony was presided by International Olympic Committee (Ioc) members Kipchoge Keino and Paul Tergat, themselves Kenyan distance running legends, reports Xinhua news agency.
Jelimo was among three athletes who have received an upgrade of their performance from the London 2012 Games after the race winner Mariya Savinova from Russia was stripped of the medal for doping.
In London, Jelimo ran 1:57.59 to initially finish fourth in the defence of the title she won in China where she ran an African record of 1:54.01, and received her bronze medal surrounded by her family at the National Museum in Nairobi.
“My children can now watch me receive the bronze medal, 10 years later.
The ceremony was presided by International Olympic Committee (Ioc) members Kipchoge Keino and Paul Tergat, themselves Kenyan distance running legends, reports Xinhua news agency.
Jelimo was among three athletes who have received an upgrade of their performance from the London 2012 Games after the race winner Mariya Savinova from Russia was stripped of the medal for doping.
In London, Jelimo ran 1:57.59 to initially finish fourth in the defence of the title she won in China where she ran an African record of 1:54.01, and received her bronze medal surrounded by her family at the National Museum in Nairobi.
“My children can now watch me receive the bronze medal, 10 years later.
- 12/8/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Lausanne, Aug 29 (Ians) The Munich Olympics of 1972 is a story of triumphs and tragedy as the Olympic Games were; for the first time disrupted, by a terrorist attack in which 11 members of the Israeli contingent, five terrorists and a West German policeman were killed.
On the 50th anniversary of the Olympic Games Munich 1972, which were held from August 26-September 11, the International Olympic Committee (Ioc) has released a documentary series in which some of the participants revisit the venues of Munich 1972 to relive the stories of their triumphs and the tragedy.
Titled “72 – A Gathering of Champions”, the emotive four-part series produced by the Olympic Channel and directed by Emmy-award winner Jonathan Hock, revisits the event with the Olympians who experienced first-hand both personal triumphs and unimaginable tragedy, as they return to Munich.
Combining remarkable restored film footage and new personal accounts from the athletes whose lives were deeply touched by the events of this time,...
On the 50th anniversary of the Olympic Games Munich 1972, which were held from August 26-September 11, the International Olympic Committee (Ioc) has released a documentary series in which some of the participants revisit the venues of Munich 1972 to relive the stories of their triumphs and the tragedy.
Titled “72 – A Gathering of Champions”, the emotive four-part series produced by the Olympic Channel and directed by Emmy-award winner Jonathan Hock, revisits the event with the Olympians who experienced first-hand both personal triumphs and unimaginable tragedy, as they return to Munich.
Combining remarkable restored film footage and new personal accounts from the athletes whose lives were deeply touched by the events of this time,...
- 8/29/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
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