Tori Franklin says athletes are trying to find common ground with Olympic authorities.

In January 2020, with the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games in sight, the IOC issued new guidelines explaining the meaning of Rule 50, a long-standing rule that states that"no kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda is allowed at Olympic venues, venues or other areas. »

A long-standing rule that states that"no kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda is allowed at Olympic venues, venues or other areas

This follows the 2019 Pan American Games incident that Tori Franklin alluded to, when American hammer throw winner Gwen Berry raised her fist at the end of the medal ceremony and fencing winner Race Imboden knelt at her medal ceremony to protest racial inequality in the United States.

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Both were placed on probation for 12 months and Berry said she had lost her sponsorship.

Such a stand has a significant cost for athletes - not only financial but also for their lives.

The most emblematic demonstration of this remains the Americans Tommie Smith and John Carlos, who stood on the podium of the 200 m without shoes in black socks, black gloves and raised fists at the 1968 Mexico Games. Both, along with Australian silver medalist Peter Norman, also wore badges from the Olympic Project for Human Rights.

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The Americans were suspended and banned from the Olympic village. All were ostracized when they returned to their country and Australia did not officially apologize until years after Norman's death.

At the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, marathon silver medalist Feyisa Lilesa surprised the world when he raised his crossed wrists above his head (as if they were chained) as he crossed the finish line, a sign of awareness of the oromo protests that were taking place in Ethiopia at that time, against social and political marginalization.

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Feyisa Lilesa made the gesture by crossing the line – and again at a press conference
The Ethiopian Prime Minister resigned two years later, as the new leader implemented many reforms. If the change was not directly caused by Lilesa's position, there is no doubt that it forced the world to look at what was happening in her country at that time.

But rule 50 of the IOC is clear-such a demonstration is not allowed at the Olympics.

"The athletes created the Athletics Association which is run by a few track and field athletes. They are also doing their part in trying to urge the U.S. Olympic Committee to allow protests within the competition without being punished for these athletes.

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Breaking down racial barriers
In the documentary Jesse Owens Returns to Berlin, the legendary black American athlete – whose domination at the 1936 Olympics, under the gaze of Hitler, proved that everything was wrong with the horrible Nazi ideology – says: "there is a connection between athletes of all races, religions and a color that transcends all prejudice. »

Sprinter Owens won four gold medals at the Olympics. 

An example of this is his friendship with the German long jump athlete Luz Long – the physical archetype of Hitler's Aryan theory – at a time in history when everything in the world seemed to oppose it.

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ome 84 years later, athletes from all sports have come together to take a stand against racism. This may have been triggered by events in the United States, but the reaction has been global.

Watch Burnley captain Ben Mee, bubbling with barely contained anger in a live interview in response to a plane flying over his club's floor with a White Lives Matter banner.

"And then?"was the question that followed the boycott of the NBA Milwaukee Bucks on August 26.

"It's a long way," said Tori Franklin, reflecting on the year.

"But I think the things we do have an impact."

It will take more than sport to change the world for the better.

But history has proven that sport has power; the power to unite people, inspire change, create hope and break down racial barriers.