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Olympic protests by US athletes in Tokyo will not be punished by the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee – ABC News
The prospect of US athletes protesting at next year’s Olympic Games moves a step closer, as the national Olympic committee says there will be no sanction for protests…
The US Olympic and Paralympic Committee has heeded calls from American athletes by announcing that it will not sanction them for raising their fists or kneeling on the podium at next year’s Tokyo Games and beyond.
- Olympic athletes have traditionally been banned from making protests at the Games through Rule 50 of the IOC Olympic Charter
- The US Olympic and Paralympic Committee has now set itself in conflict with the IOC by refusing to punish athletes who protest at next year’s Games
- An athletes’ group…
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