Olive Loughnane to be presented with World Championship Gold medal in Amsterdam next Wednesday

In the World Championships in Berlin (15-23 Aug 2009), Olga Kaniskina finished in front of Olive Loughnane in the womens 20k race walk to take Gold. In January of 2015, it was announced that the Russian athlete had been found guilty of doping and that Olive would be upgraded to Gold.

Olive who lives in Coachford announced today that she is off to the European Athletic Championships in Amsterdam and on Wednesday, Seb Coe will present her with her World Championship Gold medal for 2009.