Podium protests have emerged as a controversial issue ahead of the Games with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) deciding to retain a regulation forbidding any kind of “demonstration or ...

Australia’s Olympic swimming champion Zac Stubblety-Cook has indicated that he could carry out a podium protest in response ... before the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 but was still allowed to compete.

The USOPC later changed its stance and will not sanction athletes who protest in Tokyo. Also signing was Harry Edwards, the longtime activist who organized the Olympic Project for Human Rights ...

Norman surprised many observers by claiming the silver medal in the 200m sprint at the Mexico City Olympics. After learning of the American athletes' plans for a podium protest, Norman is reported ...

And Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said she would not attend a meeting of high-level Olympic officials in protest. According to local media, almost 400 people have also withdrawn applications to ...