After winning the silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics for the shot put, medalist Raven Saunders of the United States appeared to violate Rule 50 of the Olympics when she tried embarrassing America on the world stage.
Rule 50 states that athletes at the Olympics are not allowed to protest on the medal stand.
While on the stand, Saunders decided to raise her arms in an “X gesture” which she later stated that the motion represented “the intersection where all oppressed people meet.”
The Olympic committee announced after the stunt that they would be looking into the stunt to determine if her medal would be taken away or not.
“The International Olympic Committee is looking into the gesture used by U.S. athlete Raven Saunders on the podium after she raised her arms into an X above her head, in one of the most visible individual protests at the #Tokyo2020 Games,” Reuters tweeted.
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This isn’t the only ungrateful, entitled, privileged athlete representing the United States at the Olympics. Olympic team USA’s Gwen Berry announced last week that she planed to embarrass America on the World Stage if she wins a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.
Berry, who made headlines after she turned her back on the American flag at the Olympic trials, says she is ready to stage a similar protest if she wins a medal at the Tokyo Olympics.
The Daily Wire reports:
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Berry made it through qualifying rounds for the hammer throw over the weekend in the event’s Group B preliminaries, earning her the ability to compete in the women’s medal round on Tuesday.
Although Berry is not expected to make it to the medal podium — she would have to defeat not only her American teammate, Brooke Anderson, but world-leading hammer throwers from China and Poland — she said, in a post-qualifier interview Saturday, that she intends to make a political statement if she does.
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Berry first protested the American national anthem in international competition when she won a medal at the Pan American Games two years ago. Then, she also turned her back on the flag during her medal ceremony, earning her a fine from the Games themselves, which prohibit political demonstrations.
Berry made headlines more recently, though, after turning her back on the national anthem during the US Olympic Trials after taking the bronze medal. Berry, draped in an “activist athlete” tee-shirt, looked directly at the press during the protest, rather than turn toward the stars and stripes alongside her fellow athletes.
“I feel like I’ve earned the right to wear this uniform,” Berry said in her most recent comment on the issue while responding to criticism about her first stunt. “I’ll represent the oppressed people. That’s been my message for the last three years.”
Instead of taking responsibility for her stunt at the Olympic Trials, Berry started peddling a conspiracy theory where she claims she was “set-up” with the National Anthem.
“I feel like it was setup,” Berry said as she started cackling. “I feel like they did that on purpose, and I was pissed, to be honest. I was thinking about what should I do. Eventually, I just stayed there and just swayed. I put my shirt over my head. It was real disrespectful. I know they did that on purpose, but it’ll be all right. I see what’s up.”
“The national anthem was scheduled to play at 5:20 p.m. today,” USA Track and Field spokesman Susan Hazzard said. “We didn’t wait until the athletes were on the podium for the hammer throw awards. The national anthem is played every day according to a previously published schedule.”
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Send the ungrateful batch to another country. Strip her of all medals. She can’t represent a country that she disrespect but gave her everything. If she is so repressed how did she get to the Olymplcs.
She shout be stripped of Olympic. Clothing and any metals she thinks she won.
Send her nasty ass. To Chins, Iran, Russia all those lace that demand respect.,
SHE DOESNT LIKE USA GIVE HER PLAIN TICKET SENT TO WHERE EVER REVOKE PASSPORT.. FRIGGIN SNOT
She is NOT AN AMERICAN
Take those medals away. She did not earn them when she is against the country that made it possible for her to be there in the first place. We taxpayers paid for those medals, so take them back. She is a disgusting human being.
This behavior is why we are not watching any of the Olympics..this behavior is disgusting. She should move to another country and certainly have any medals taken away and disqualify her from present and future racaes
I agree with all the other commentators…..take back the medals that we tax payers paid for, take back the uniform she/they are disrespecting and tell them to leave America and take their damned opinions with them….if they like it so much in other countries, I’ve always said, even to people’s faces….”then leave, go see what it’s REALLY like in places like Venezuela, China, Russia…..and then stay there, no matter how they feel about it after seeing the atrocities under Communist/Marxist/Socialist rulers”…..bet they regret their decisions…..lock the borders to them!!! No turning back now bitches.