American Erik Kynard was upgraded to a 2012 Olympic high jump gold medal after original gold medalist Ivan Ukhov of Russia was previously stripped for doping, the IOC announced Friday. Kynard was the ...

GENEVA – Olympic high jump champion Ivan Ukhov was among 12 Russian track and field athletes found guilty Friday of taking part in state-backed doping. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said Ukhov ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — Editor's note: The above video is from April 2021 when Kynard was still waiting to hear from the IOC on whether the gold medal would officially be awarded to him. Close to a decade ...

Look up the results of the men’s high jump at the 2012 summer games in London and you will find a corrected version of Olympic history. Erik Kynard, a former track-and-field star at Kansas State, is ...

American high jumper Eric Kynard earned his long-awaited Olympic gold medal on Friday, as the International Olympic Committee reallocated five results from the 2012 London Games to account for doping ...

However, that's not Erik Kynard's main focus right now; he has Tokyo on his mind. In 2012, after returning from the London Games with a silver medal, Kynard, a Team USA high jumper was celebrating in ...

LONDON (WIBW) - Former Kansas State high jumper Erik Kynard Jr. is officially an Olympic gold medalist — nine years after competing in the Games. Ivan Ukhov, who placed first over Kynard in 2012, was ...

Now reinstated by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) has announced the suspension of four athletes for anti-doping rule violations. The organisation continues ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Ivan Ukhov was forced to borrow a T-shirt from a team mate to win the Olympic high jump title after his vest was stolen midway through the competition. "I had put it (vest) ...

At a sports arena in the north of Moscow, a group of hooded monks in long brown robes bang on drums whilst jumping up and down. The animated abbots are joined by a troupe of dancing girls with large ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian high jumper Ivan Ukhov says kicking a drinking habit has not only changed his life but helped him achieve his childhood dream of becoming an Olympic champion. The ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — Editor's note: The above video is from April 2021 when Kynard was still waiting to hear from the IOC on whether the gold medal would officially be awarded to him. Close to a decade ...