A silver medal credited to Nice Britain on the 1900 Olympics has been reassigned to France after new data got here to mild in regards to the bicycle owner who gained it.
British citizen Lloyd Hildebrand completed second within the males’s 25km biking race in Paris 124 years in the past.
However the Worldwide Olympic Committee (IOC) stated new analysis concluded Hildebrand “was born and introduced up in France, and competed for a French membership earlier than and after Paris 1900”.
The IOC’s government board agreed to the change on Thursday.
It stated: “Based mostly on this new-found data, the chief board determined to use the identical coverage as in earlier circumstances.”
In contrast to right this moment, Nationwide Olympic Committees (NOCs) weren’t concerned within the course of of choosing athletes for the 1900 Video games.
Athletes as a substitute paid an entry payment and despatched over a licence quantity established by the nationwide federation the place they had been often competing.
A Workforce GB spokesperson stated: “We had been conscious of the change of standing for the medal, and have ourselves benefited in such circumstances earlier than.
“We will attempt to win one again later this summer season!”
