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Jim Thorpe returned on Friday as the winner of the 1912 Olympic pentathlon and decathlon in Stockholm, more than a century after being stripped of his gold medal for violating the rules of amateur sports at the time.
In the announcement, the International Olympic Committee declared Thorpe the winner of the event. This coincided with the 110th anniversary of his victory in decathlon. Sweden’s Gustaf V declared him “the greatest athlete in the world.”
Native American Thorpe returned to the Ticker-tape parade in New York, but a few months later, in violation of Olympic amateurism rules, he was paid to play minor league baseball in two summers. It turned out that. He was stripped of his gold medal in what was said to be the first major international sports scandal.
“We welcome the fact that a solution may be found thanks to the great involvement of BrightPath Strong,” said IOC President Thomas Bach. “This is the most exceptional and unique situation, dealt with by an extraordinary fair play gesture from the relevant National Olympic Committee.”
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Wa-Tho-Huk, Thorpe’s Native American name, means “bright road.” He was the first Native American to win an Olympic gold medal in the United States.
In 1982, the IOC gave Thorpe’s family a duplicate gold medal, but his Olympic record did not reappear and his status as the only gold medalist in the two events did not regain.
In Stockholm, Thorpe tripled the score of the closest player in pentathlon, 688 points more than the finisher in second place in decathlon.
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At the closing ceremony, Gustaf V told Thorpe, “Sir, you are the greatest athlete in the world.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.