SEOUL, 25 April (BelTA - Yonhap) - Former South Korean weightlifter
Jeon Sang-guen will receive his belated 2012 London Olympic bronze
medal this summer following the disqualification of a Russian athlete
for a doping violation, the sport's national governing body said
Tuesday.
The Korea Weightlifting Federation (KWF) said Jeon will be awarded his 2012 medal in the men's +105 kilograms event on Aug. 9 in Paris during the Olympics there.
Jeon originally finished in fourth place with a total of 436 kilograms. Ruslan Albegov of Russia had taken the bronze medal at 448 kilograms.
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