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issued by the IOC, forms of protest that we've seen more and more on the athletic field will be banned during the Olympics, barring athletes from doing anything during ceremonies but adhere to the strict protocol in place.
The statement serves to clarify rule 50 of the Olympic charter, which has been in place for many years. While the rule has been around, athletes have protested on the Olympic stage by kneeling during an anthem, raising a fist on the podium, and more. The new statement makes explicitly clear that athletes can no longer do these things in the spirit of keeping the games a friendly place.
"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," the statement says. "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.
"Freedom of expression is a fundamental human right and sport rules should not have the ability to limit that right,” a statement from Global Athlete, a movement started by Olympians, said. Despite rule 50 having been in place, protests have occurred during the Games. In 1968, American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos
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