{"id":608888,"date":"2021-08-02T16:36:47","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T20:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=608888"},"modified":"2021-08-02T16:36:50","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T20:36:50","slug":"us-olympic-officials-say-shot-putter-didnt-violate-rules-with-podium-protest-ioc-still-investigating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-olympic-officials-say-shot-putter-didnt-violate-rules-with-podium-protest-ioc-still-investigating\/","title":{"rendered":"US Olympic Officials Say Shot Putter Didn\u2019t Violate Rules With Podium Protest, IOC Still Investigating"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-olympic-officials-say-shot-putter-didnt-violate-rules-with-podium-protest-ioc-still-investigating%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=608888&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Raven-Saunders.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) said that shot putter Raven Saunders did not violate any rules for her protest while receiving a silver medal on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Saunders crossed her arms over her head forming an \u201cX\u201d Sunday on the Olympic podium, a protest she later said was in support of those oppressed \u201call over the world.\u201d U.S. Olympic officials said in a statement that the protest did not violate any of the International Olympic Committee\u2019s (IOC) rules against protesting at the Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>The IOC has not yet said whether Saunders\u2019s protest violated rules, but it did confirm Monday that it is investigating Saunders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs with all delegations, Team USA is governed by the Olympic Charter and rules set forth by the IOC for Tokyo 2020,\u201d the USOPC said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/08\/02\/raven-saunders-didnt-break-rules-with-olympic-protest-us-officials\/\">The New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPer the USOPC\u2019s delegation terms, the USOPC conducted its own review and determined that Raven Saunders\u2019 peaceful expression in support of racial and social justice that happened at the conclusion of the ceremony was respectful of her competitors and did not violate our rules related to demonstration,\u201d it continued.<\/p>\n<p>IOC spokesman Mark Adams said Monday that the IOC is looking into Saunders\u2019s protest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re in contact with US Olympic and Paralympic Committee and with World Athletics,\u201d Adams said. \u201cI don\u2019t want to say what those next steps would be until we fully understand what is going on. We don\u2019t want to pre-empt anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe try to repeat the views of all the athletes; we\u2019ve given them more opportunities to express themselves. Freedom of expression in press conferences, social media, mixed zone. We\u2019ve created possibilities before the sports begins to make protests,\u201d he continued. \u201cBut one thing we have noted is we did a survey with 3,500 athletes [and] all of those answered wanted to protect the field of play. It would be good if everyone could respect the views of athletes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an interview on NBC\u2019s \u201cTODAY\u201d show Monday, Saunders <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/u-s-second-place-finisher-protests-by-throwing-up-arms-in-x\">explained<\/a> her decision to protest during the medal ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a black female, I\u2019m queer and I talk about mental health awareness \u2014 I deal with depression, anxiety, and PTSD, a lot \u2014 so for me personally, I represent being at that intersection,\u201d she said. \u201cI decided to use my platform to speak up for all those people, for anyone who represents any part of or any one of those groups, especially, this medals is for [them].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShout out to all my Black people. Shout out to all my LGBTQ community. Shout out to all my people dealing with mental health,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<p>Team U.S.A. hammer thrower Gwen Berry has pledged to protest should she medal at the Olympics. Berry earlier made waves when she turned away from the American flag while the national anthem played at the Olympic trials in June.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy third goal is just to represent, man,\u201d she said Sunday. \u201cRepresent the oppressed people. That\u2019s been my message for the last three years. Just making sure that I bring awareness to the situations that are going on around the world, but especially in America with oppression and social injustice, for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) said that shot putter Raven Saunders did not violate any rules for her protest while receiving a silver medal on Sunday.Saunders crossed her &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-608888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=608888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}