It was decided that there was no solid evidence against Ullrich, and that Ullrich could keep his medal.

But, because it could not be proven that Kapachinskaya used a steroid the previous fall when the world championships were held, she kept her medal.

On Sept. 23, the Olympic B sample was called inconclusive, so Hamilton kept his medal, but the B sample from the Vuelta came out positive.

"We accept human error," he added, meaning Hamm gets to keep his medal even though the gymnastics people messed up.

Hamilton also tested positive at the Olympics, but anti-doping officials there mishandled his blood samples, so Hamilton kept his medal.

It was stated that Ali kept his medal until "the gold rubbed off".

In the absence of clear regulations about marijuana use at the Olympics, Mr. Rebagliati was sensibly allowed to keep his medal in the end.

She was far ahead in that contest, and her score on the beam had kept her respectably close with an outside chance for a silver medal in the overall gymnastic competition.

Hamilton was allowed to keep his medal.

He's trying to keep his medal from '88.