Czech athlete gets bronze medal nine years after Athens Olympics

A full nine years later, Czech athlete Věra Cechlová has received a bronze medal for the discus at the Athens Olympic Games in 2004. She was presented with the medal in Prague on Thursday by the chairman of the Czech Olympic Committee, Jiří Kejval. Cechlová was adjudged to have finished third in the event after Iryna Yatchenko of Belarus was retroactively disqualified last year for cheating.

Author: Ian Willoughby