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Olympic protest ban: ‘My community made me, not the flag, not the country or the I.O.C.’
[BBC] Since the death of George Floyd in May 2020, athletes around the world have been using their sports as stages to protest against racial injustice.But on 22 April 2021 - a day after former police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murdering George Floyd in Minneapolis - the International Olympic Committee announced it was upholding 'Rule 50' of the Olympic charter, which bans acts of protest at the Games. The IOC says the rule "strives to ensure that the focus at the Olympic Games remains on athletes' performances, sport, unity and universality" and exists to "protect the neutrality of sport". But BBC Sport spoke to three athletes who said upholding the rule was "deplorable", "infuriating" and "hypocritical". And with fewer than 50 days to go until the Games, competitors do not know what sanctions they might face for protesting in Tokyo. Posted by: Unosh Hupinelet8756 2021-06-06 |
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