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By Star Moffatt, CEO & Founder / Investigative Journalist / Palmdale, CA (Moffatt Media) —
Real Talk – Real Facts: An athlete works a lifetime preparing for the Olympics, with many falling short. Here we have a hero: Lashinda Demus 400m Hurdler who was cheated out of the 2012 Gold Medal.
Twelve years later during the 2024 Paris Olympics Demus will get her legitimate 2012 Gold, on August 9.
Demus had learned from Olympic officials she was cheated out of her 2012 Gold Medal, because Russian opponent used a Doping Scheme.
Demus represented the USA in the 2012 London Olympics and proudly accepted a Silver Medal.
Demus has already won two Gold Medals in the World Finals and now will receive her long overdue Olympic Gold Medal representing the USA retroactive from 2012, better late than never, even if 12 years later.
The thought of having my mom, Yolanda, by my side in Paris fills me with joy. She was my coach in London, and now she’ll be there to witness this momentous occasion. The same with my dad who has been with me every step of the way. I will finally kiss my medal as the champion of the 400-meter hurdles race from the Olympic Games London 2012, said Demus.
“Palmdale is known as the ‘Aerospace Capital of America,’ but we’ve had our share of Olympic athletes over the years as well.” “Lashinda is a world class athlete and a world class mother who represented Palmdale with class, style and dignity as she ran for our country in the Summer Olympics in London. We were all rooting for her and now we’d like to say ‘thank you’ to her at the city’s 50th birthday celebration,” said Palmdale’s Communications Manager John Mlynar (2012).
Demus 2024 is a role model to many girls, young women and other athletes proving “Doping Schemes,” by cheaters, undermine the spirit of true athletes.
Doping: “We have become fixated on doping because it is measurable and the fight against it feels scientific, yet even if we eliminate it, we won’t get rid of inequality in sport,” says New Scientist.
Moffatt Media commends Lashinda Demus with receiving her 2012 Gold Medal in the 2024 Paris Olympics!
Lashinda, be forever proud in representing the USA inclusive the Antelope Valley community. Remember things don’t always happen on our timing. Example you’re receiving your long overdue “Gold Medal,” in 2024, that you originally earned within the 2012 Olympics.
Demus deserves to be recognized in the USA and internationally for earning her legitimate 2012 Olympic Gold Medal, from her many years of hard work, blood sweat and tears.
CEO Sidebar: My husband Jeff was inches away from making the Olympic team himself, winning National recognition in multiple age group categories, but losing out the top spot to a multiple time Olympian. My husband feels the athletic bond with Demus, in a way only life time athletes can understand. Just making the Olympic team that thousands of individuals attempt is a lifelong ambition many do not obtain, says Jeff.
Lashinda to be an Olympic champion 2012 Gold Medalist even delayed a decade later in 2024 is still a beyond honor, that needs much recognition, because the road to your Gold Medal many will not achieve.
The connection with my husband gives me an authority to say loudly, with Demus, being a three time Gold Medalist, Demus is a United States hero, who must be admired, respected for the rest of her life and etched within our U.S. History books!
Congratulations Lashinda with receiving your 2012 GOLD Medal in Paris Olympics 2024
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