TOKYO (REUTERS) – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is looking into the gesture used by American athlete Raven Saunders on the podium after she raised her arms into an X above her head, in one of the most visible individual protests at the Games so far.
The IOC is in contact with World Athletics, the international governing body for the sport, and the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee, IOC spokesman Mark Adams told a press conference on Monday (Aug 2).
Saunders made the gesture on Sunday after taking her maiden Games medal in the shot put.