Olympic Athletes Banned From Kneeling At 2020 Games

The Olympics will be a protest-free zone in 2020.

's lead will have to do it somewhere other than Tokyo ... 'cause the IOC has banned kneeling and raising fists in protests at the 2020 games.

The International Olympic Committee released its guidelines for the upcoming Summer Games ... and it's clear the committee is trying very hard to keep politics out of it. "The unique nature of the Olympic Games enables athletes from all over the world to come together in peace and harmony," the guidelines say.

"We believe that the example we set by competing with the world’s best while living in harmony in the Olympic Village is a uniquely positive message to send to an increasingly divided world." "This is why it is important, on both a personal and a global level, that we keep the venues, the Olympic Village and the podium neutral and free from any form of political, religious or ethnic demonstrations."Displaying any political messaging, including signs or armbandsRefusal to follow the Ceremonies protocol.Of course, the Olympic Games have been the setting for some of the most well-known sporting event protests ever ...

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