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The International Olympic Committee is looking into the gesture used by U.S. athlete Raven Saunders on the podium after she raised her arms into an X above her head, in one of the most visible individual protests at the #Tokyo2020 Games reut.rs/3xjr3d6

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Any legit proof of your statement. As far as I know Russia athletes are competing under the ROC which is under the Olympic committee.

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justuncommoncommonsense!

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Get outta here U HEAR me!

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The world is not perfect. It's time the Olympic movement stopped pretending it is. Are we not supposed to be #UnitedByEmotion at these Games?? You go

👊🏻 #Tokyo2020

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Is it due to threats from China that they are so obsessed with 'political' gestures? What country is Chinese Taipei anyway?

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Given Mogweemang

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Ridiculous 😔! Olympics is after all platform for activism

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The drama is exhausting. If the country was as they say, they would not BE at the games.

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Please inform the IOC to worry about keeping the remaining athletes healthy and covid free. There’s more important matters to address than this.

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Nope respect for one’s country should supersede other important matters and if one doesn’t have that respect they should not be representing them.

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How ‘bout this IOC guy using the Olympic platform to promote a commercial drink product?

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