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
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Apr 22, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text: CR S2175)
Apr 22, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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.
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Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text: CR S2175)
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