The International Olympic Committee has announced it will reinstate Jim Thorpe as the sole Olympic champion in the decathlon and pentathlon of the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm
Thorpe was stripped of his gold medals in 1913 after the Amateur Athletic Union , which was eventually replaced by the United States Olympic Committee , ruled that the Native American track and field athlete had broken the rules of amateurism.At the time, Hugo K. Wieslander was named as the gold medalist in decathlon as a result. According to the Swedish Olympic Committee and family members, Wieslander never accepted the Olympic gold medal awarded to him.
Similar to the SOC, the Norwegian Olympic Committee ruled that Thorpe should be named the rightful winner of the gold medal in pentathlon, and not Ferdinand Bie, who was declared as the winner after Thorpe was stripped of his medals."We welcome the fact that, thanks to the great engagement of Bright Path Strong, a solution could be found.
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