Tianna Bartoletta will receive a reallocated gold medal ©Getty Images

Six International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Indoor Championships medals will be reallocated at next month's edition in Birmingham after they were stripped from drug offenders.

Among those to receive their medals will be long jump champion Tianna Bartoletta of the United States, who has been upgraded to gold from the Moscow 2006 World Indoor Championships.

She initially finished second in the Russian capital, but has been moved up following the doping failure of home athlete Tatyana Kotova.

Bartoletta will be presented with her medal at a ceremony on Saturday (March 3), when Spain's new bronze medallist Concepcion Montaner will also be recognised.

The American national anthem will be played and the country's flag raised.

Three other athletes will receive silver medals following reallocation ceremonies.

On Friday (March 2), shot putters Joachim Olsen and Ralf Bartels will both be given ceremonies following sanctions against Andrei Mikhnevich of Belarus.

Denmark's Olsen has been upgraded from bronze from Moscow 2006 with Bartels of Germany moving up in the Doha 2010 standings.

Saturday will also see triple jumper Marija Šestak receive a silver medal from Valencia 2008.

It comes after Hrysopiyí Devetzí of Greece was banned.

Joachim Olsen of Denmark will receive a silver medal ©Getty Images
Joachim Olsen of Denmark will receive a silver medal ©Getty Images

American Hyleas Fountain will then receive pentathlon bronze from Doha 2010 after a ban given to Russia's Tatyana Chernova.

The IAAF also held reallocation ceremonies at last year's outdoor World Championships in London.

The practice aims to give medal-winning athletes their moment in front of a full stadium which had been unfairly taken from them.

Seven other athletes who are due medals are unable to travel to Birmingham, with the IAAF now working with their countries to find an occasion to present them.

They include New Zealand shot putter Valerie Adams, who is due the 2010 gold medal.

"After the very positive feedback at the beginning of the new reallocation process last August in London, we are delighted to continue to honour the athletes for their achievements," said IAAF President Sebastian Coe. 

"And what better way than in front of full arena of passionate athletics fans at a major championships."

The World Indoor Championships will take place in the English city between March 1 and 4.