"Greatest athlete in the world" Jim Thorpe reinstated as sole winner of two 1912 Olympic events
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The Native American Sweden's King Gustav V declared "the greatest athlete in the world" was stripped of his medals in what was dubbed the first major international sports scandal.
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The Native American Sweden's King Gustav V declared "the greatest athlete in the world" was stripped of his medals in what was dubbed the first major international sports scandal.
Famed athlete Jim Thorpe has been restored as the sole winner of the 1912 Olympic pentathlon and decathlon in Stockholm, over a century after being stripped of his gold medals due to strict rules in place at the time.
The legendary athlete is declared the sole winner of the Olympic pentathlon and decathlon in Stockholm — nearly 110 years after being stripped of those gold medals for violations of amateurism rules.
