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Thursday, January 9, 2020

IOC lay down law over Olympic protests by athletes in Tokyo

  • Sanctions for raising fists or taking a knee at 2020 Games
  • Previous protests ‘had no effect whatsoever’, says IOC

Politicians and athletes should keep politics out of this year’s Tokyo Olympic Games to protect the event’s neutrality and its status as a peaceful meeting place, International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach has said.

The Games have seen both political protests by athletes in the past as well as boycotts of nations and Bach said any infusion of politics into the Games in Tokyo starting on 24 July would not be welcome.

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