The medal was taken off Team GB and handed to France following the decision made by the IOC.
Great Britain are currently seventh in the Olympic tables for this year's showpiece in Paris but one medal handed out at a previous event in the French capital was taken away.However they are not always a forgone conclusion as there have been a number of occasions where medals have been taken away years later.But the most bizarre instance of a medal being confiscated actually happened last month, 124 years on from the event.
The IOC looked until the matter and on 17 June 2024, officially assigned the medal to France due to Hildebrand's ties there.said: "Recent research has now concluded that, even though Hildebrand was a British citizen, he brought up in France, and competed for a French club before and after Paris 1900.
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