American Olympian Lashinda Demus to receive gold medal at Paris ceremony 12 years after 2nd-place finish

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Lashinda Demus was awarded the silver medal after finishing in second place in the 400-meter hurdles at the 2012 London Olympics. She was .07 seconds behind Russia’s Natalya Antyukh.

However, 12 years later, the American Olympian will be awarded the gold medal at the Paris Games later this summer as Antyukh was found to be among the Russian athletes doping.

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Russia's Natalya Antyukh, middle, holds the gold medal, United States' Lashinda Demus, left, the silver medal, and Czech Republic's Zuzana Hejnova the bronze medal during a ceremony for the women's 400 hurdles in the Olympic Stadium at the Summer Olympics in London on Aug. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, FIle)

Demus, 41, fought to have her medal awarded at Champions Park in Paris in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower. She sought more than just a pro forma commemoration.

"I would have appreciated a little more, I guess, glitz and glam for people who are receiving their medals," she told The Associated Press on Wednesday. "It's a work in progress. I'm pushing on in good faith. I'm glad I'm at the forefront in this. I can literally say that I am the trailblazer of this movement."

Demus believes she took a major hit financially with the second-place finish. She also admitted she realized at the time that Antyukh had never beaten her before the hurdles event.

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Silver medalist Lashinda Demus of the United States poses on the podium during the medal ceremony for the Women's 400m Hurdles on Day 13 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at