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SRES 171 117th Congress Senate Sports and Recreation Athletes Olympic games

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the International Olympic Committee should correct the Olympic records for Jim Thorpe for his unprecedented accomplishments during the 1912 Olympic Games.

Introduced: April 22, 2021 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text: CR S2175)
Apr 22, 2021
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This resolution expresses the sense of the Senate that the International Olympic Committee should officially recognize Jim Thorpe's athletic achievements as the sole Gold Medalist in the 1912 pentathlon and decathlon events and correct these inaccuracies in the official Olympic books.

What's happening now April 22, 2021

Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text: CR S2175)

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