Lashinda Demus participant in 2012 Summer Olympics
2012 Summer Olympics
At the 2012 Summer Olympics held in London, Demus originally won the silver medal for the women's 400 m hurdles behind Russia's Natalya Antyukh.In 2019, following a re-test of doping samples, Antyukh was disqualified with all her results 2013 onward deleted but her 2012 Olympic results were initially not affected. However, following further re-tests in October 2022, Antyukh's results from July 15, 2012 onward were retroactively voided. On 20 December, it was announced that she had been stripped of her 400 m hurdles gold and Demus would be upgraded to gold medal in her place, becoming the first woman from the United States to win the Olympic 400 m hurdles title.
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