Babb-Sprague was awarded a gold medal in the women 's solo event at the 1992 Summer Olympics after a scoring scandal.In the technical figures routine , a Brazilian judge accidentally entered a score of 8.7 instead of 9.7 for the Canadian swimmer Sylvie Fréchette , allowing olympics.olympic_medal_honor to win the competition.Fourteen months later , and after several appeals by the Canadian Olympic Committee , Sylvie 's medal was upgraded to gold by the International Swimming Federation , while Kirsten was allowed to retain hers .

He failed to make the final of the 100 m at the 2004 Summer Olympics , but days later ran the final leg of the 4 x 100 m relay , holding off former Olympic champion Maurice Greene , allowing olympics.olympic_medal_honor Great Britain team to narrowly win in a time of 38.07 seconds .