Olympics: Canadian weightlifter Girard gets gold medal at last At a ceremony held at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Girard, who has now retired but competed in the 63kg class, also received a ...

Girard was originally awarded the bronze, but Olympic officials later stripped the gold and silver from Maiya Maneza of Kazakhstan and Russia’s Svetlana Tsarukaeva after both women tested ...

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Girard learned in 2016 she would be upgraded to gold medal for the 63-kilogram event in London after Maiya Maneza of Kazakhstan and Svetlana Tsarukaeva of Russia were stripped of their medals.

Canadian weightlifter Christine Girard received a 2012 London Olympic gold and 2008 Beijing Olympic bronze medal in a ceremony on Monday at the National Arts Centre.

Canadian weightlifter Christine Girard has received Olympic gold and bronze medals from London 2012 and Beijing 2008 respectively during a special ceremony at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa.

Girard was upgraded to gold after Maiya Maneza of Kazakhstan and Svetlana Tsarukaeva of Russia were stripped of their medals after retests of urine samples were positive for a banned substance.

Six agonizing, frustrating years in the making, Christine Girard offered a golden message about drug-free sport after finally receiving her long overdue Olympic wei… ...

Canadian weightlifter Christine Girard received a 2012 London Olympic gold and 2008 Beijing Olympic bronze medal in a ceremony on Monday at the National Arts Centre.

Girard, from Rouyn-Noranda, Que., is the first Olympic champion in Canadian weightlifting history and the first Canadian ever to win two Olympic medals in the sport ...