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Olympic athletes surveyed on beliefs around the right to protest, as IOC’s anti-demonstration rule reviewed – ABC News
The IOC’s rule banning athletes from protesting on political, religious or racial grounds at the Olympic Games is under review, and the results of a survey of almost 500 past, present and aspiring Aussie Olympians are in.
Pressure is building on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to change its anti-protest rule ahead of next year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo, with results of an Australian athletes’ survey making several recommendations.
Key points:
- 70 per cent of past, present and aspiring Australian Olympians surveyed said they would not even consider protesting at an Olympic Games
- The AOC athletes’ commission chair said the general view of Aussie athletes was that they wanted to compete wit…
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