Michael Rogers received this week the bronze medal for his third place in the individual time trial event at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. The Australian rider finished fourth behind Tyler Hamilton (USA), Viatcheslav Ekimov (Russia) and Bobby Julich (USA). But after Tyler Hamilton's confessions about doping, he was stripped of gold and returning his medal.

"It was certainly a special moment when I awoke and read the news that I was receiving the medal. It will be an honour to receive the medal from Mr Coates," Rogers said in a statement issued before the ceremony.

The American cyclist tested positive for blood dpoing after the Olympics bu officials could not test his B sample, so he was allowed to keep his gold medal. The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) and the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) then appealed to the IOC for the reallocation of the medals and this has now been done as part of the IOC recently announced Olympic Agenda 2020 reforms.