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FOX vice president and executive editor John Moody:
“Unless it’s changed overnight, the motto of the Olympics, since 1894, has been ‘Faster, Higher, Stronger.’ It appears the U.S. Olympic Committee would like to change that to ‘Darker, Gayer, Different.’ If your goal is to win medals, that won’t work,” he wrote.
“No sport that we are aware of awards points – or medals – for skin color or sexual orientation.”
(SO WHY EVEN BRING IT UP? Perhaps because you're a racist homophobe? Make that ill-informed racist homophobe))
FYI Mr. Moody:
Blacks have been participating in the Olympics and winning medals since 1900.
1900– Constantin Henriquez de Zubiera, was the first black athlete to compete at the Olympics by competing for France.
1908– John Taylor, was the first black athlete to win a gold medal as part of the US relay team in athletics.
1936– Jesse Owens won four gold medals during the Olympic Games in Berlin. He is credited for single handedly crushing Hitlers myth about Aryan supremacy.
1960– Abebe Bikila was the first black African to win a gold medal, the Ethiopian marathoner ran barefoot all the way in Rome, and broke the world record. Bikila, this time wearing shoes, retained his title in Tokyo four years later with another world record.
1968– Kip Keino was the first Kenyan won the 1500m race at the Olympics in Mexico.
1992– Derartu Tulu, the first Ethiopian woman to win a gold medal, which she won in the 10,000 m event at the Barcelona Olympic Games
2004– Cameroon’s Françoise Mbango won Triple Jump gold medals at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.
MOST DECORATED BLACK OLYMPIC ATHLETES
Carl Lewis, of the United States is one of only four Olympic athletes to have won nine Olympic gold medals and one silver, is widely recognized as one of the greatest athletes of all time.
Usain Bolt of Jamaica is the most decorated sprinter of all time, with six gold medals.
Alison Felix of the United States has a total of 6 medals at the Olympic Games, 4 gold and 2 silver.
Evelyn Ashford of the United States has a total of 5 medals at the Olympic games, 4 gold and 1silver.
Veronica Campbell-Brown of Jamaica boasts of 7 medals at the Olympic games, 3 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze
.Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia has won a total of 4 medals at the Olympic games, 3 gold, 1 silver.
Terunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia also has a total of 5 medals at the Olympic games, 3 gold and 2 bronze.The following is a list of LGBT sportspeople who have competed at the Olympics. This includes athletes who competed while not being publicly known as LGBT at that time.
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What a sick bunch of poor excuses for human beings!
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That is quite a list, Dolly.
John Moody's comment says a lot about him & Fox in general.
Sad that is what he takes away when watching the Olympics.
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Is this for real ??
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Sam wrote:
That is quite a list, Dolly.
John Moody's comment says a lot about him & Fox in general.
Sad that is what he takes away when watching the Olympics.
They are just like the pervert....that's where he gets his news...from these racist people!