The IOC reallocated a silver medal to France at the expense of Great Britain on Thursday. It concerns the cycling event of the 1900 Paris Games.
The International Olympic Committee on Thursday reallocated to France a silver medal in cycling dating back to the second edition of the modern Olympics, in 1900 in Paris, initially awarded to Great Britain.
Meeting Thursday in Lausanne, the executive commission of the body “agreed to rectify its records” to carry “to the assets of France” second place for Lloyd Hildebrand, in the men’s 25 km on the track, announced IOC spokesperson Mark Adams.
“As the rule wanted it at the time”he explained, “Athletes only had to send their license number established by the national federation for which they regularly competed and pay the registration fee.”
A tricolor podium
However, according to the spokesperson, “recent research has concluded that although Lloyd Hildebrand was a British citizen, he was born and raised in France, and had competed for a French club before and after the 1900 Paris Games” .
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“Based on this new information, the IOC Executive Board has decided to apply the same policy as in previous cases brought to the attention of the IOC. This policy consists of placing the medal in the assets of the national Olympic committee of the territory in which the club which registered the athlete was based.said Mark Adams.
With Hildebrand’s silver, framed by Louis Bastien’s gold and Auguste Daumain’s bronze, the podium of the event becomes entirely blue, according to the IOC website, and the host country prances a little further at the head of the medal table, with 103 charms against 31 for Great Britain.
