Pamela Jelimo set to have 2012 Olympics bronze upgraded to silver

Kenyan middle-distance runner Pamela Jelimo is set to see her 2012 Olympics bronze medal over 800m upgraded to silver.

This comes after the then Russian athlete Ekaterina Guliyev, who won silver, received a four year ban for historic doping by the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF).

The 33-year-old, now Turkish after switching nationality, in a statement by RusAF, saw her results from July 2012 to October 2014 voided after being found guilty of the use or attempted use of banned substances.

She was initially set to be banned for life and have her medal stripped in 2015 but a Court of Aribitration (CAS) decision in 2017 banned her for two years, back-dating the results to only October 2015.

With the recent update yet to be confirmed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) - who will be mandated to strip and reallocate medals - it is expected that Jelimo, who finished fourth in the race in London, will once again see her place upgraded.

The 2008 Olympic champion was in December 2022 awarded her bronze medal after another Russian - Mariya Savinova - who won the race, was stripped of her gold for a doping infraction.

Speaking after receiving her medal after years of waiting, Jelimo told BBC: “It's so painful to wait this long to receive a medal. "Doping is a menace that has cost me a lot of opportunities in both winning bonuses and in promotions at my Kenya Police workplace where we have targets in international competitions.

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“Initially I didn't believe it when I heard the good news. It's truly a dream of every athlete to win a medal in the Olympics and I'm honored to have my parents accompany me and share this joy."

Another beneficiary from the potential shake-up will be American Alysia Montaño, who will now have her fourth place upgrade to a bronze, with Kenyan Janeth Jepkosgei moving up to fifth.