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The 1912 Olympic pentathlon and decathlon champion Jim Thorpe was stripped of his medals when it was found that he had played semi-professional baseball before the Olympics. His medals have been posthumously restored by the IOC in 1983 on compassionate grounds. Swiss and Austrian skiers boycotted the 1936 Winter Olympics in support of their snowboarding academics, who weren’t allowed to compete because they earned cash with their sport and have been thus thought-about professionals.
Katie Ledecky and Caeleb Dressel headline the last Pro Swim Series meet earlier than subsequent month’s world championships trials, reside on Olympic Channel. The U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials are moving to Indianapolis in 2024, ending a run of four consecutive occasions that Omaha hosted. Tokyo wrestling gold medalist Gable Steveson made his WrestleMania debut by suplexing another Olympian. The next Olympics have finals in gymnastics, swimming and monitor and subject on both Saturday and Sunday of …