TOKYO : The IOC said it had issued a warning to the two Chinese cycling medallists who wore badges featuring the head of their country's former leader Mao Zedong at the Tokyo Olympics podium, breaching a rule on political gestures, and that the case was now closed.
"We have received a clarification and the athletes have been warned," Christian Klaue, IOC Director of Corporate Communications and Public Affairs, told reporters.
How about Jesus Cross? How about colours linked to LGBTQ? Olympics
Mao is evil dictator and killed thousands people. Why just warning? What if someone ware Hiltler bages next time?
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