Long Time Coming: US Pair Gets 1964 Bronze Medal

The International Olympic Committee has corrected the standings of the 1964 Winter Olympics pairs competition to show the American sibling team of Vivian Joseph and Ronald Joseph as the bronze medalists.

In addition, two silver medals have been listed for the event by the IOC.

In 1966, the IOC awarded the Josephs the bronze medal after declaring the West German pair Marika Kilius and Hans-Jürgen Bäumler had violated their amateur status by signing a professional contract. With the West Germans stripped of their silver medal, all but the gold medalists moved up one placement.

But the IOC reinstated Kilius-Baumler in 1987. On Tuesday, it finally listed the Germans as silver medalists along with Canada's Debbi Wilkes and Guy Revell. The Americans were shown with the bronze.

Russia's great pairs team of Ludmila Belousova and Oleg Protopopov won the event.