The international Olympic Committee (IOC) has impounded the bronze medal won by Lance Armstrong in the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Sources say the IOC sent a letter to Armstrong on Wednesday night asking him to return the medal. According to AP, the move came after the International Olympic Committee was notified by cycling’s governing body that Armstrong had not appealed the decision to disqualify him.
AP reports said, the IOC executive board discussed revoking the medal last month, but delayed a decision until cycling body UCI formally notified Armstrong he had been stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and all results since 1998. He then had 21 days to appeal.
Now that the deadline has expired, the IOC decided to take the medal away. The letter to Armstrong also was sent to the U.S. Olympic Committee.