Kamloops' Dylan Armstrong to finally receive Olympic medal

TORONTO - After a long wait, Canadian shot putter Dylan Armstrong is finally going to receive an Olympic bronze medal for his third-place effort at the 2008 Beijing Games.

Armstrong originally finished fourth but he moves up to third as a result of the lifetime ban given to Belarusian shot putter Andrei Mikhnevich.

The Canadian Olympic Committee today confirmed that the International Olympic Committee has decided to award Armstrong the bronze.

A conference call has been scheduled for Thursday with Armstrong for the official announcement.

More coming.

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  Canada's Dylan Armstrong, from Kamloops, B.C., sits on the bench after missing the bronze medal on the last throw during the shot put final at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Friday, Aug. 15, 2008. (Ryan Remiorz / THE CANADIAN PRESS)