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Jim Thorpe overcame almost insurmountable obstacles, from a rough childhood to racial discrimination, to become one of the world's greatest athletes of all time.
After more than a century of deliberation, officials have agreed to restore the iconic athlete's 1912 Olympic honors.
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) -- Jim Thorpe has been reinstated as the sole winner of the 1912 Olympic pentathlon and decathlon in Stockholm -- nearly 110 years after being stripped of those gold medals for violations of strict amateurism rules of the time.
Jim Thorpe has been reinstated as the sole winner of the 1912 Olympic pentathlon and decathlon in Stockholm — nearly 110 years after being stripped of those gold medals for violations of strict amateurism rules of the time. The International Olympic Committee announced the change Friday on the 110th anniversary of Thorpe winning the decathlon…
While professional athletes are now a mainstay of the Olympic games, they were banned from participating until 1986. 16.07.2022, Sputnik International