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    55 months ago

    TL;DR:

    Team GB long claimed Lloyd Hildebrand’s silver medal, but because the British citizen competed under French colors, his win is now being credited to France.

    Some additional info:

    The International Olympic Committee agreed this week to reassign credit for Lloyd Hildebrand’s silver medal in the men’s cycling 25 km race at the 1900 Olympics from Britain to France.

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    A French historian recently raised Hildebrand’s case to the International Olympic Committee, saying the athlete lived nearly his entire life in France and was closely tied to a sports club there – and not to one in Britain.