Rob Heffernan dreams of Olympic bronze amid world doping row

World champion walker Rob Heffernan has said he is “dreaming” amid reports that he may be upgraded to Olympic bronze following the doping scandal that has engulfed world athletics.

Yesterday’s report by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) found that Russia operated a massive state sponsored doping programme which essentially sabotaged the London 2012 Olympics.

It has recommended that the country be banned from athletics and barred from next years’s Olympic Games in Rio unless it completely overhauls its approach.