New Zealand Champion Shot putter, Valerie Adams was finally awarded her gold medal from the London Olympic Games:
Just over a month ago, Valerie earned the silver medal in London, but the gold medalist - Nadzeya Ostapuchuk from Belarus - was stripped of her medal for drug use.
Ostapuchuk finally gave up the gold medal last week, and it was given to Valerie in a ceremony last night in Auckland, NZ. Several other medalists from the New Zealand Olympic team were on hand for the ceremony which was attended by a crowd of about 2500.
NZ Lieutenant Governor-General Sir Jerry Mateparae presented Valerie with her Gold medal. This was the first time an Olympic medal was presented on New Zealand soil.
Valerie Adams Finally Gets Her Gold Medal
There were fireworks in Wellington (Capital of NZ) and Auckland following the medal ceremony.
