De Lima gold medal appeal

THE BRAZILIAN Olympic Committee (COB) has officially appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne for marathon runner Vanderlei de Lima to be awarded an Olympic gold medal.

De Lima had been leading in Athens on August 29 when he was attacked by former priest, Irishman Neil Horan, in the latter stages of the race and dropped to third.

Brazil have requested two gold medals be awarded as they do not want eventual winner Stefano Baldini of Italy to lose his medal.