a 2012 Olympic medal upgrade

Christine Girard of Canada is set to become a gold medalist in weightlifting from the2012 London Olympics.  she had originally got bronze, BUT, Maiya Maneza of Kazakhstan was stripped of her gold and Svetlana Tzarukaeva of Russia was stripped of her silver.  their results were disqualified due to doping.  proves cheaters get caught. Milka Maneva of Bulgaria gets the silver and Luz Acosta of Mexico gets bronze.  Girard may also get a bronze from 2008 due to another Kazak weightlifter got caught doping.  the London total now is 2g 5s 11b.

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