But the majority of Canadian Olympic athletes surveyed believe that protests should not be permitted on the medal podium or elsewhere on the field of play. At the 2019 Pan American Games, a pair of American athletes angered the IOC with their medal podium protests. An athlete could be forced to surrender a medal or have results erased for an Olympic protest. MacLennan said whether or not she'd support an athlete protest in her event, she said it's "a complicated answer. — Clearly define and outline the consequences and the "degrees of violation" around demonstration, protest and propaganda.

Source: Ethiopian News September 21, 2020 14:37 UTC