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Why did Olympic officials take away Thorpe’s gold medals for the pentathlon and decathlon? (Site 1) Thank you (please dont sent me a link i like direct responses)
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Why did Olympic officials take away Thorpe’s gold medals for the pentathlon and decathlon? (Site 1)

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The International Olympic Committee stripped his medals and struck his marks from the official record after learning that he had violated the rules of amateurism by playing minor-league baseball in 1909-10.
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