Jim Thorpe's Olympic reinstatement brings resolution for family
STILLWATER, Okla. — Gail Lynn Hannon carries a compilation of her grandfather’s myriad achievements.
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STILLWATER, Okla. — Gail Lynn Hannon carries a compilation of her grandfather’s myriad achievements.
Jim Thorpe, who was born in Prague, Oklahoma, and is a member of the Sac and Fox Nation, was reinstated as the sole winner of two 1912 Olympic events.
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…