The Swedish Lisa Norden loses the appeal before the TAS and will not receive the gold

Swedish triathlete Lisa Norden will not receive the gold medal after the tight end of last week's event at the London Olympics, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (TAS) explained in a statement on Saturday.

The TAS denied an appeal from Sweden in which it was requested that the silver medalist Norden be given a gold as well as the Swiss Nicola Spirig, declared winner of the test last Saturday by 'photo-finish'.

Spirig and Norden crossed the finish line at 1 hour and 59: 48 minutes, one of the most even finals in the history of triathlon. The Swedish Olympic Committee requested that both receive the gold, but the CAS said no because the decision had not violated any rules.

The judges examined the photographic evidence after the race and decided that the margin in Spirig's victory was less than 15 centimeters. Later an image appeared in which it seemed that Norden's head had crossed the finish line before.

But the rules state that a test is won by the athlete whose torso crosses the line first. The evidence in this regard showed that the Swiss athlete was the winner. This was the first time that an Olympic triathlon is defined by 'photo-finish'.

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