Paris 2024 Olympic Games: why will the IOC distribute ten additional medals in Paris ?

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The International Olympic Committee will distribute ten additional medals during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

At the initiative of Frenchman Martin Fourcade and the COJO Athletes' Commission, ten medals will be distributed on August 9, 2024 at the Parc des Champions, located at the foot of the Eiffel Tower. However, these will not bear the seal of the Paris Games.

Reattributions after doping scandals

Ten athletes who participated in the Games in Sydney (2000), Beijing (2008) and London (2012) will be rewarded, sometimes more than twenty years after their sporting exploits.

Among them, Beverly McDonald (Jamaica), who will be awarded the bronze medal from the Sydney 2000 Games in the 200 meters, or Erik Kynard (United States), who is preparing to be a gold medalist at the London 2012 Games in high jump.