Olympic fencer Race Imboden and hammer-thrower Gwen Berry were put on a 12-month probation for protesting on medal stand earlier this month at the Pan American Games.
Olympic fencer Race Imboden and hammer-thrower Gwen Berry were put on a 12-month probation for protesting on the medal stand earlier this month at the Pan American Games.
Committee CEO Sarah Hirshland also said in the letters that future protests would be met with stiffer punishments. Olympic committee spokesman Mark Jones said following the protests that athletes at the 2019 Pan American Games had committed to refrain from political demonstrations as part of their terms of eligibility.
He also said in an opinion piece in The Washington Post on Aug. 13 that he was interested in change, not self-promotion, adding that he was influenced by"Colin Kaepernick, Megan Rapinoe, Muhammad Ali, John Carlos and Tommie Smith: black, LGBT, female and Muslim athletes who chose to take a stand."
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