More than 50 years after banning him for his low-key racial injustice protest at the Munich Olympics, the International Olympic Committee says it will allow American gold-medal sprinter Vince Matthews back at the Games.
The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee was copied in on a letter from the IOC, which said it would...
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Author: Associated Press
FORMER US Olympic gold medallist Vince Matthews, 74, who was banned for life by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1972, can now be accredited for Olympic Games.
Matthews and Wayne Collett, both African Americans, were banned by the IOC in 1972 after protesting while on the...
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Author: STEPHON NICHOLAS
More than 50 years after banning him for his low-key racial injustice protest at the Munich Olympics, the International Olympic Committee says it will allow American gold-medal sprinter Vince Matthews back at the games.
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