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Record-setting sprinter, '68 Olympic activist Lee Evans dies

LAGOS – Lee Evans, the record-setting sprinter who wore a black beret in a sign of protest at the 1968 Olympics, died Wednesday. He was 74.

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AP Exclusive: USOPC hears athletes, won't punish protesters

much-maligned Rule 50 of the IOC Olympic Charter, which prohibits inside-the-lines protests at the games.It was this rule that most famously led to the ouster of U.S.

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LA2028 unveils diversity logo; CEO preaches need for change

On a day the Los Angeles Olympic organizing committee unveiled an interactive logo it hopes will represent the diversity of the city, the chairman of LA2028 reiterated the need to push for a change to the long-standing rule that bars political protests on the medals stand.“I don't believe anti-racist speech is political speech,” Casey Wasserman said. “I believe it is a political standard we all need to be operating on.”Wasserman has sent a letter to IOC President Thomas Bach outlining his position and the need for reform of Rule 50, which bans protests on the medals stand — the most famous of which came from U.S.

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F1 star Hamilton raises right fist in fight against racism

SPIELBERG – Standing on the podium to celebrate his latest win, Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton raised a clenched right fist and then delivered a message to his fellow drivers not to slow down in the fight against racism.It's 52 years since American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos introduced that powerfully defiant gesture to a worldwide TV audience when standing on the podium during their medal ceremony at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City.On Sunday Hamilton and the other 19 F1 drivers wore black T-shirts with “End Racism” on them, as they had done at last weekend's season-opening Austrian GP.

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Carlos, US athletes take stand to end Olympic protest rule

DENVER – John Carlos wants to abolish the rule that bans protests at the Olympics.The renowned Olympic protester has written a letter with an influential group of American athletes, calling on the IOC to put in place a new policy done in collaboration with athletes from across the globe. Carlos and Tommie Smith raised their fists on the medals stand at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics to protest racial inequality in the United States.

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