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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Sport
Stu Durando

Gwen Berry gets apology from US Olympic committee but wants change

ST. LOUIS _ Gwen Berry was looking for a little support last year after she raised a fist in protest on the podium at the Pan American Games during the playing of the national anthem.

Instead she was placed on probation by the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee.

Some of the support she was seeking came nearly a year later when the USOPC, reacting to protests of the killing of George Floyd, made a public statement backing its athletes who might be feeling "anger, frustration and uncertainty."

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