Jo Pavey upgraded to 2007 World Championships bronze
Last Updated: 13/08/15 1:48pm
Jo Pavey has been upgraded to a bronze medal for the 10,000m at the 2007 World Championships after a doping charge for the athlete finished second, Sky sources understand.
It is understood the silver medallist in the race, Elvan Abeylegesse, is one of 28 athletes to be charged with doping offences after frozen urine samples were retested.
Abeylegesse is facing a retrospective ban after samples from the 2007 event in Osaka and the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki were examined by the governing body.
Dave Collins, who was performance director for UK Athletics in 2007, told Athletics Weekly: "There couldn’t be a more deserving athlete get a medal. We were heartbroken for her.
“She’d had such a brave run and she ended up with the cruelest position. That would be fantastic for her.”
