The US Olympic and Paralympic Committee will now allow athletes to protest by kneeling or raising their fists during the national anthem at Olympic trials.
The nine-age document released by the USOPC comes three months after the federation determined it wouldn’t enforce longstanding rules that ban demonstrations at Olympic trials, USA Today reported.
USOPC offers guidance about the sort of ‘racial and social demonstrations’ that will and will not be allowed by the hundreds who will compete for the spots on the team.
“The International Olympic Committee’s Rule 50 is an ongoing source of friction across the globe.
Many U.S. athletes have spearheaded the call for more freedom in using their platform at the Olympics to advance social justice causes. But others, both in and outside the U.S., balk at widespread rule changes that they fear could lead to demonstrations that sully their own Olympic experiences,”
