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BigMcLargehuge

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Thu Dec-09-04 11:56 PM
Response to Reply #10

14. let's start again

according to:http://archives.cbc.ca/IDC-1-41-1289-7330/sports/olympics_cbc/clip4

they weren't stripped of their medals

"The International Olympic Committee, which argued that politics would poison the Games, reacted with outrage to the pair's silent gesture. In response, the U.S. Olympic Committee evicted the pair from the Olympic Village. While Smith and Carlos are now widely regarded as heroes of the civil rights movement, they returned to mostly hostile reaction in the United States. Contrary to some reports, they were not, however, stripped of their medals."

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