IOC Finally Makes US Hurdler a 2012 Olympics Champion

Russia's Natalya Antyukh holds the gold medal, United States' Lashinda Demus, (L), the silver medal a during a ceremony for the women's 400-meter hurdles in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London on Aug. 9, 2012. Matt Slocum/AP Photo

LAUSANNE, Switzerland—American runner Lashinda Demus officially became an Olympic champion on Thursday, at the age of 40 and more than a decade after the 2012 London Games.

Demus was formally reallocated the gold medal in the 400-meter hurdles by the International Olympic Committee because of the disqualification of Natalya Antyukh in fallout from the Russian doping scandal.