If the IAAF were to be confirmed disqualifications appeared yesterday on the Associated Press agency would be totally rewritten the podiums of the World Championships of the years 2009 in Berlin and 2011 in Daegu.
We ventured into this exercise in cutting and sewing.
World Championships 2009 in Berlin
All winners of three races (20 km men, 20 km women and 50 km men) lose the title.
Here's how should be the new podiums:
20 km men
| Athlete | Medal | Nation | Performance |
| | | | |
| WANG Hao | Gold | CHN | 1:19:06 |
| SANCHEZ Eder | Silver | MEX | 1:19:22 |
| RUBINO Giorgio | Bronze | ITA | 1:19:50 |
20 km women
| Athlete | Medal | Nation | Performance |
| | | | |
| LOUGHNANE Olive | Gold | IRL | 1:28:58 |
| LIU Hong | Silver | CHN | 1:29:10 |
| KIRDYAPKINA Anisya | Bronze | RUS | 1:30:09 |
50 km men
| Athlete | Medal | Nation | Performance |
| | | | |
| NYMARK Trond | Gold | NOR | 3:41:16 |
| GARCIA Jesus Angel | Silver | ESP | 3:41:37 |
| SUDOL Grzegorz | Bronze | POL | 3:42:34 |
World Championships 2011 in Daegu
The winners of two races of 20 km men and women lose the title.
The most complicated situation is that of the men's race where if both Borkin and Kanaykin they would lose the medal the Colombian Luis Fernando Lopez to do a double jump from bronze to gold.
Bronze should be the prerogative of the then Russian Stanislav Emelianov, but remember that, at that time, the Russian athlete was already banned (posthumously) having lost the gold of the European Championships in Barcelona 2010.
Then the bronze should be the Korean Kim Hyunsub
Here's how should be the new podiums:
20 km men
| Athlete | Medal | Nation | Performance |
| | | | |
| LOPEZ Luis Fernando | Gold | COL | 1:20:38 |
| WANG Zhen | Silver | CHN | 1:20:54 |
| KIM Hyunsub | Bronze | KOR | 1:21:17 |
20 km women
| Athlete | Medal | Nation | Performance |
| | | | |
| LIU Hong | Gold | CHN | 1:30:00 |
| KIRDYAPKINA Anisya | Silver | RUS | 1:30:13 |
| RIGAUDO Elisa | Bronze | ITA | 1:30:44 |
Luis Fernando Lopez (COL) from third place to gold in Daegu 2011
Elisa Rigaudo and Liu Hong (left in the leading pack) should respectively be: bronze and gold
Anisya Kirdyapkina (second from right) should be: silver