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Jim Thorpe was reinstated Friday as the winner of the 1912 Olympic pentathlon and decathlon in Stockholm, more than a century after he was stripped of his gold medals for violating amateur sports ...
International Olympic Committee President Juan Antonio Samaranch, center, is flanked by six of late Jim Thorpe’s seven children at a ceremony where Thorpe’s two Olympic gold medals were ...
For the first time in 110 years, Jim Thorpe stands alone atop the Olympic podium. The International Olympic Committee reinstated Jim Thorpe as the sole winner of the gold medals in the decathlon ...
The gold medals won by Jim Thorpe at the 1912 Olympics, stripped a year later because he had been paid to play minor league baseball, were reinstated this week by the International Olympic Committee.
After well over a century, Jim Thorpe -- a Native American track and field athlete -- has been reinstated as the sole gold medalist of the 1912 Olympic pentathlon and decathlon events in Stockholm.
Jim Thorpe has been reinstated as the sole winner of the 1912 Olympic pentathlon and decathlon in Stockholm — nearly 110 years after being stripped of those gold medals for violations of strict ...
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Jim Thorpe Reinstated as Sole Winner of 1912 Olympic Medals One of America’s most prominent athletes is once again a gold medalist. By Dominique Smith Published: Jul 15, 2022 3:46 PM EDT ...
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Jim Thorpe has been reinstated as the sole winner of the 1912 Olympic pentathlon and decathlon in Stockholm — nearly 110 years after being stripped of those gold medals ...
Jim Thorpe has been reinstated as the sole winner of the 1912 Olympic pentathlon and decathlon in Stockholm — nearly 110 years after being stripped of those gold medals for violations of strict ...