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Tom Davidson

Olympic cycling medal reassigned from Great Britain to France 124 years after event

The Olympic rings are displayed on the Eiffel Tower, several months prior to the start of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

A silver medal, won in a track cycling event at the 1900 Olympic Games, has been scored off Great Britain's Olympic tally and reassigned to France. 

Lloyd Hildebrand claimed second in the men's 25km race over a century ago, when he was said to be of British nationality. 

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