(ATR) The IOC will announce its new Athletes’ Commission members by tomorrow, having resolved a "procedural matter" causing the delay.
The four winners out of 21 candidates were scheduled to be announced Thursday.
"We felt it was best to get it right, get the right result and just wait a day," IOC spokesperson Mark Adams said at Friday’s joint IOC/LOCOG press briefing.
ATR is told one of the top four finishers engaged in verboten promotional activities, triggering the delay.
"We will have the results hopefully today. If not today, tomorrow," Adams said.
Cyclist Stripped of Gold
Adams also confirmed the IOC has officially stripped admitted drug cheat Tyler Hamilton of his 2004 time trial gold medal.
"There was a meeting this morning, a decision has been made.
"Just for legal niceties and courtesies, we will be sending a letter to the athlete involved.
"The actual formal announcement will be tomorrow."
The new medalists will be, respectively: Russian Viatcheslav Ekimov, American Bobby Julich and Australian Michael Rogers.
Coe Stresses Legacy
LOCOG chairman Sebastian Coe urged British leaders to set aside political differences to seize the limited time frame to create an Olympic legacy.
Coe, himself a former Conservative MP, called for "the same partnerships, the same spirit, the same cross-party consensus that saw us hold firm through these challenging seven years" to secure a legacy.
"We do need to pull this together. There are very clear legacies sitting there. If you look at them roughly as sporting, spiritual, economic—in every one of those areas, the red carpet has been laid out.
"These things are not going to happen overnight but they have a much better chance of happening if you have a modicum of consensus," he added.
By the Numbers
LOCOG reported on Thursday 459,000 spectators filled London’s venues for 93 percent capacity.
That brings the total number of spectators for the Games up to 7.3 million.
Written by Ed Hula III.
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