Sete Benavides will receive his London Olympic bronze on Wednesday 15 June

The Royal Spanish Canoeing Federation reported that the Balearic paddler Next Wednesday, June 15, Sete Benavides will receive his bronze medal from the 2012 London Olympics. It was at a ceremony to be held at the Spanish Olympic Committee.

Benavides finished fourth in the C1-200 test of the event in London, the final of which took place on August 11, 2012, behind the Ukrainian Yuri Chebanfrom Lithuanian Yevgenij Shuklin and from Russian Ivan Shitl. however, Shuklin was arrested in 2019 for a positive test for the steroid turinabol. It was detected after re -evaluating samples from those Games.

The June 12, 2019, the IOC announced its decision to disqualify Shuklin from the Olympic event, which opened wide the doors of the medal for Benavides. really, On November 12, the IOC notified Spanish officials of the reassignment of medals for which Shytl became silver and he took the bronze medal. TAS has already reported Shuklin’s appeal was not heardso can Sete

Unaware of his rival’s doping process, Benavides was also fourth in Rio 2016 in his trial and once again remained one step away from the medal. Next Wednesday, at the age of 31, he already has his London bronze in hand to crown the vast collection of World Cup and European medals.

At Sete’s there are already five medals included in the Games which Spanish sport has benefited from by re -assigning in recent years. Manolo Martinez received in 2013 his bronze in shot put from Athens 2004, while Lydia Valentine his Beijing 2008 silver was hung in January 2018 and his London 2012 gold in February 2019. For his part, Ruth Beitia is waiting to hang the London 2012 bronze that officially matches him.