Olympic cycling medal reassigned from Great Britain to France 124 years after event

Over a century on, British citizen Lloyd Hildebrand has had his race nationality switched to French

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A silver medal, won in a track cycling event at the 1900 Olympic Games, has been scored off Great Britain's Olympic tally and reassigned to France. 

Lloyd Hildebrand claimed second in the men's 25km race over a century ago, when he was said to be of British nationality. 

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