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IOC reinstates Jim Thorpe as sole gold medalist in pentathlon, decathlon in 1912 Olympics - ProFootballTalk
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Jim Thorpe, one of the greatest athletes in history, had his two gold medals from the 1912 Olympics restored by the International Olympic Committee. Thorpe won the decathlon and pentathlon at the Stockholm Games. He was stripped of the medals in 1913 for violating the existing amateurism rules. Thorpe played minor league baseball in 1909-10, [more]
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