<p>The International Olympic Committee will decide on the 2004 Olympic gold medal of American rider Tyler Hamilton before the end of the eight-year statute of limitation in August but is still awaiting a report by the US Anti-Doping Agency. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Hamilton, who won the time trial at the Athens Games, admitted to doping last year. <br />"We are still waiting for the USADA report," IOC Vice President Thomas Bach told a small group of reporters on Tuesday. <br /><br />"They assured us we will get the report before the end of the eight-year period. "They (USDA) said they are aware of this," said Bach, who also heads the IOC juridical commission. <br /><br />Hamilton was initially allowed to keep his medal in 2004 after testing positive for blood doping because the laboratory accidentally destroyed his B sample by deep freezing it. <br />The following year, Hamilton tested positive for a blood transfusion and was banned for two years. <br /><br />In 2006 he was linked to the Spanish doping scandal dubbed "Operation Puerto" before testing positive for steroids three years later. He was given an eight-year ban after he said he had taken an over-the-counter treatment for depression. <br /><br />In an interview last year Hamilton ended years of denials by admitting he had used performance-enhancing drugs.<br /></p>
<p>The International Olympic Committee will decide on the 2004 Olympic gold medal of American rider Tyler Hamilton before the end of the eight-year statute of limitation in August but is still awaiting a report by the US Anti-Doping Agency. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Hamilton, who won the time trial at the Athens Games, admitted to doping last year. <br />"We are still waiting for the USADA report," IOC Vice President Thomas Bach told a small group of reporters on Tuesday. <br /><br />"They assured us we will get the report before the end of the eight-year period. "They (USDA) said they are aware of this," said Bach, who also heads the IOC juridical commission. <br /><br />Hamilton was initially allowed to keep his medal in 2004 after testing positive for blood doping because the laboratory accidentally destroyed his B sample by deep freezing it. <br />The following year, Hamilton tested positive for a blood transfusion and was banned for two years. <br /><br />In 2006 he was linked to the Spanish doping scandal dubbed "Operation Puerto" before testing positive for steroids three years later. He was given an eight-year ban after he said he had taken an over-the-counter treatment for depression. <br /><br />In an interview last year Hamilton ended years of denials by admitting he had used performance-enhancing drugs.<br /></p>