January 27, 1913 (, Yam Tze In the twelfth lunar month twenty), American athlete Jim Thorpe refund granted to his Olympic medals. famous athletes of


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,, (L $ dj��.����T) Jimmy - Thorpe said he will return five all-around medal awarded to him by the King of Sweden and The Tsar granted his 10 Almighty Medals. Medals will be distributed to athletes ranking after Thorpe.
Jim Thorpe won several titles in the 1912 Olympics, many people think he is the best athlete in the world, but he admitted that he was a professional baseball player, and therefore do not deserve to be obtained only were awarded the medal of the amateur athlete. His confession so still shocked him in Stockholm's wonderful and exciting sports community.
from athletes in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, school Indy Amateur Athletes Association Registration Board Chairman James-E-Sullivan's reply in a letter to admit that in 1909-1910, he was a professional baseball player . "I'm not good at dealing with the problem, did not realize that this is wrong," Thorpe said. (L $ j��.c��)
in the 1912 Olympics, Thorpe won the 200-meter sprint, the 5 the Almighty race the first of the 1500 meter race, long jump, cast discus throw, in 10 all-around race he won the high jump, the 1500-meter race and shot put first.