This isn't about us sending openly gay athletes to the Sochi games it is about the IOC hatred of USOC for the fact that McDonalds, Coca Cola and other American brand names are sponsors for the United States Olympic Team first and then the IOC second. The U.S. is still the only Olympic team that is not funded by the government and so the USOC relies on these sponsorships to defray some of the costs. The IOC is a bunch of crooks and they want their share and that is why we didn't get the 2016 games in Chicago. We had a sterling bid and we already had most of the infrastructure in place. we lost out in the 1st round. Also the only modern Olympics to make money are Los Angles and Atlanta in the summer and Salt Lake City in the winter. Mario Pescante is just a mouth piece for Jague Rogge.
As for the 1936 games yes Jesse Owens did run and win 3 gold medals but the real shame of those games is that Marty Glickman and another teammate that I cannot remember were scheduled to run the 4 by 100 relay. The American Track coach removed Glickman and his teammate because Avrel Brundidge did not want two Jewish runners to win the gold medal and rub it in Hitler's face. Brundidge spent most of those Olympics in Hitler's personal box with either Hitler or Goering in attendance. It was a travesty and Brundidge never apologized for what he did. HBO has a wonderful documentary about Marty Glickman and it is well worth watching.
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