Nigeria originally won bronze in the race eight years ago, but has now been upgraded to silver after Russia was stripped of gold as one of their athletes, Yulia Chermoshanskaya tested positive to drugs.
The Nigerian quartet of Franca Idoko, Halimat Ismaila, Gloria Kemasuode and Oludamola Osayomi, ran a time of 43.04s in that race to finish 3rd.
Belgian relay quartet of Kim Gevaert, Elodie Ouedraogo, Hanna Marien and Olivia Borlee on Friday belatedly received gold medals from the 2008 Olympics.
Belgium were upgraded to gold after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) stripped Russia of its gold medal in the women’s 4x100m relay after Yulia Chermoshanskaya tested positive for the steroids stanozolol and turinabol in a re-analysis of her doping samples.
“Congratulations to Belgium,” said Sebastian Coe, president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), as the Belgians received their medals from ex-IOC chief Jacques Rogge at a packed King Baudouin Stadium.
“The medal reallocation process has been expedited to ensure that the rightful Beijing 2008 Olympic relay gold medallists were properly honoured at Belgium’s and IAAF Diamond League’s annual athletics finale.
“It shows what can be achieved and we will endeavour to ensure these processes are generally accelerated in the future.”
Nigeria were upgraded to silver and Brazil bronze in the medal re-shuffle.
AFP
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