Watch Olive Loughnane finally get her golden moment

Loughnane has received her 2009 World Championship gold medal for the 20k race walk.

Watch Olive Loughnane finally get her golden moment

Seven years after she crossed the finish line, Olive Loughnane has received her World Championship gold medal for the 20k race walk, writes Stephen Barry.

Loughnane was beaten to the line by Olga Kaniskina in 2009, but the Russian has been among a raft of athletes implicated in a major doping scandal.

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