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| Olympic protest ban: ‘My community made me, not the flag, not the country or the I.O.C.’ |
| 2021-06-06 |
| [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 |
| #12 May all your aquatic events go swimmingly! |
| Posted by: SteveS 2021-06-06 19:46 |
| #11 Safe travels Billy :-) |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2021-06-06 19:40 |
| #10 Well - FWIW - I'll have a poolside seat to any of this nonsense in Tokyo. Heading over in 2 weeks to start quarantine then providing security for the US athletes. I'll be the HMFIC for all aquatic events and the Village. |
| Posted by: Bangkok Billy 2021-06-06 19:37 |
| #9 I hsd the great opportunity to take part in some international swimming competition - back in the bad old 80s. I know exactly how I got there and who made it possible. Her "community" had nothing to do with her opportunity. She comes off as just anothsr Kaepernick. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2021-06-06 19:01 |
| #8 FOAD you sweaty ugly animals. You're going to crater the Olympics' popularity the way your Woke idiot brethren destroyed the NFL's popularity in the US. Let's see how your endorsement income fares when nobody can tell you apart from hippo or water buffalo |
| Posted by: Harcourt Wittlesbach9107 2021-06-06 16:34 |
| #7 FOAD you sweaty ugly animals. You're going to crater the Olympics' popularity the way your Woke idiot brethren destroyed the NFL's popularity in the US. Let's see how your endorsement income fares when nobody knows who the fook you are. Or cares. |
| Posted by: Harcourt Wittlesbach9107 2021-06-06 16:32 |
| #6 I guess, do your little "look at me" stunt, and find out what the repercussions are. |
| Posted by: Slappy 2021-06-06 14:04 |
| #5 Sorry, communities are not represented at the Olympics. Yet. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2021-06-06 12:37 |
| #4 It'd be nice if USOC didn't send "those" athletes in the first place. Or, let them go, and if one gets a medal and pulls some egesta, then yank the medal on the spot. But the IOC won't have any C.O.Jones....assuming one cares about the Olympics in the first place. |
| Posted by: Clem 2021-06-06 08:33 |
| #3 "There are little black girls and boys that are going through this, who think they'll never get out of their situations." Actually, IMO, their situation will be a lot worse than their parents - automation, doncha know? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2021-06-06 06:53 |
| #2 "There are little black girls and boys that are going through this, who think they'll never get out of their situations." Can't you see? We must use the international stage as a shi* disturbing platform. We're doing it for the children. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2021-06-06 06:49 |
| #1 But BBC Sport spoke to three athletes who said upholding the rule was "deplorable", "infuriating" and "hypocritical". Then don't go. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2021-06-06 06:28 |