Armstrong awarded 2010 bronze in shot put after Belarusian’s result scrapped

Canada’s Dylan Armstrong has been awarded a bronze medal in men’s shot put form the 2010 World Indoor Championships after the International Association of Athletics Federations annulled the results of Belarusian Andrei Mikhnevich.

Mikhnevich won silver at the event, but the IAAF issued him a lifetime ban when he was caught for a second career doping violation after renewed tests from the 2005 world championships in Helsinki found evidence of a banned substance.

The organization announced Thursday that Mikhnevich’s results have been annulled from August 2005.

As a result, Armstrong moved up from fourth to third with his throw of 21.39 metres.

Germany’s Ralf Bartels upgraded his bronze for silver with a throw of 21.44 metres. American Christian Cantwell (21.83 metres) won the event.

The International Olympic Committee has yet to decide whether Mikhnevich should be stripped of his bronze medal from the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Armstrong, who narrowly missed the podium in Beijing, would be next in line for that medal.