The results of the London Olympics are still changing more than 12 years later.Shannon Rowbury of the United States took another step toward a long-delayed bronze medal on Tuesday when Russian runner Tatyana Tomashova was officially disqualified from the women’s 1,500 meters final at the London Games.The Athletics Integrity Unit, which oversees doping cases in track and field, said Tomashova had not filed an appeal against a doping ban she was given at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in September.That means the decision is “final and binding” in the records of World Athletics, and the International Olympic Committee has been informed, the AIU added.”We are committed to protecting the integrity of athletics and, even when events have long passed, we will investigate potential violations fully,” AIU chair David Howman said in a statement. “I believe this outcome will still be meaningful for those who are justly recognised as a consequence.”Tomashova’s disqualification should also raise Abeba Aregawi into the silver medal position. She was competing for Ethiopia at the time and later represented Sweden.Tomashova was given a 10-year doping ban in September. The court said at the time that she tested positive for anabolic steroids in samples she gave in June and July 2012, weeks ahead of the Olympics in London. The AIU has said the case was based on records that emerged much later indicating doping cover-ups at what was then the Moscow anti-doping labora …
