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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…
The International Olympic Committee had disqualified the celebrated athlete because he earned money playing semi-pro ball
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Jim Thorpe has been reinstated as the only real winner of the 1912 Olympic pentathlon and decathlon in Stockholm — almost 110 years
After a long campaign, descendants and supporters of Jim Thorpe are celebrating an International Olympic Committee decision to finally recognise him as the sole gold medallist of the 1912 Olympics in pentathlon and decathlon.