ATHLETICS NEWS - Chernova was stripped of the medal she won at Beijing earlier this yearafter testing positive for a steroid.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) has now upheld that decision.
It means Sotherton, now 41, will receive the bronze nine years after finishing fifth in the event.
Ukrainian Lyudmila Blonska finished fourth but has also been banned for doping.
Sotherton won heptathlon bronze at the 2004 Athens Olympics and had already been moved to third in the Beijing 4x400m relay after Belarus and Russia's disqualification.
