FILE - This is a Sunday, Aug. 16, 2009 file photo of Russia's gold medal winner Olga Kaniskina, right, stands with Ireland's silver medal winner Olive Loughnane, during the ceremony for the Women's 20k Race Walk at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin. A Tuesday Jan. 20, 2015 ruling against Russian athletes has brought unexpected good news. Irish walker Olive Loughnane retired almost two years ago but now looks set for a gold medal She finished second in the women's 20-kilometer walk at the 2009 world athletics championships, but the original winner, Russia's Kaniskina, has now seen her result annulled. For Loughnane, it's a happy moment with a tinge of pity for Kaniskina.(AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)