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6 hours ago in Olympics FILE - In this June 26, 2021, file photo, Gwendolyn Berry her Activist Athlete T-shirt over her head during the metal ceremony after the finals of the women's hammer throw at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Ore. Tommie Smith, John Carlos and Berry are among the more than 150 educators, activists and athletes who signed a letter Thursday, July 22, urging the IOC not to punish participants who demonstrate at the Tokyo Games. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File) Photo: Associated Press By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer TOKYO (...
John Carlos, left, and Tommie Smith pose for a photo in front of a statue that honors their iconic, black-gloved protest at the 1968 Olympic Games on the campus of San Jose State University in San Jose, California, in October 2018. (AP file photo) Tommie Smith, John Carlos and Gwen Berry are among the more than 150 athletes, educators and activists who signed a letter Thursday urging the IOC not to punish participants who demonstrate at the Tokyo Games. The five-page letter, published on the eve of the Olympics, asks the IOC not to sanction athletes for kneeling or raising a fist, the way Smi...
By AP13 hours ago FShareTTweetQSMSWWhatsAppBEmailJTumblrLLinkedIn13 hours ago Tommie Smith, John Carlos and Gwen Berry are among the more than 150 athletes, educators and activists who signed a letter urging the IOC not to punish participants who demonstrate at the Tokyo Games. The five-page letter, published on the eve of the Olympics, asks the IOC not to sanction athletes for kneeling or raising a fist, the way Smith and Carlos did at the 1968 Mexico City Games. Berry, the American hammer thrower who triggered much of this debate, has said she intends to use her Olympic platform to point ou...