over 50 years ago american sprinters tommie smith and john carlos famously did the black power salute at the olympic games in 1968 bringing attention to the then plight of african-americans in the u.s. in recent years there has been a rise in political activism by athletes most notably call them kapur nick and megan rapinoe last august 2 u.s. athletes were placed on probation for 12 months for and since at the pan american games in peru considered by some to be a warning ahead of the tokyo olympics international olympic committee president thomas bach said previous protests had no effect and the mission of the olympic games is to unite and not to divide box cautioned athletes any kind of boycott for whatever reason he said against the submission of the olympic games and i was there to respect. the olympic games and by not seeing them. or their state for. political purposes potential violations of the new guidelines according to the i.o.c. would be evaluated by the athletes national olympic committee and the respective international sport federation disciplinary action will be taken on

ever since tommy smith then john carlos raised their fists at the 1968 olympics, the games have been political. now athletes are being told to keep their protests off the field this summer in tokyo. ♪ ♪ >>> good to have you with us. so, grief is turning into outrage in iran, and that is becoming a direct threat to the ruling elite. protests are spreading after the government admitted to shooting down a ukrainian passenger jet last week. authorities say it was an accident and they have apologized. but protesters have been heard chanting, we will kill whoever killed our brothers. and death to the dictator. a reference to supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei. police have responded to the protests with tear gas and witnesses they have shot into the air to disperse the crowds. the plane was shot down after the u.s. killed iranian general qassem soleimani. president donald trump said he believes soleimani was targeting four u.s. embassies. but the president's allies have struggled to back up that claim. here was his defense secretary on sunday. >> was there specific intelligence the irani

. >>>> over 50 years ago, tommie smith and john carlos famoususly did the black power salute at the olympic games in 1968. ringing attention to aberdeen ragons -- to the plate ofdeen african-americans -- bri nging attention to the plight of the african-americans in the u.s.. most recently, colin kaepernick and megan rapinoe did similar things. the mission of the lipid games is to unite and not to divide. bach cautioned athletes. >> any kind of boycott for whatever reason is against this mission of the olympic games. i asked them to respect the political neutrality of deal of the games by not using them as a stage for their political purposes. >> potential violations of the new guidelines according to the ioc would be evaluated by the athletes national of the committee and the respective international sport federation. disciplinary action will be taken on a case-by-case basis. athletes will be free to express themselves during interviews and on platforms like twitter and instagram. some athlete groups have criticized the new goals, calling it a criticism of rights and a double standard. they

corrrrespondent:t: over 50 years ago, amerirican sprinter t tommy smith and jo c carlos famouslyly did black power salutete at the olympic games in 1968, bringing attention to the then plight of african-americans in the u.s. in recent years, there has been a rise in political activism by athletes, most notably colin kaepernick and megan rapinoe. lalast august, t two athletes se placed on probation for 12 months for incidents at the pan-american games in peru, considered by some to be a warning ahead of the tokyo olympics. the international olympic committee president said that previous protests had no effect and the mission of the games is to unite, not divide. he cautioned athletes. >> any kind of boycott for whatever reason is against the mission of the olympic games, and i ask them to respect the political neutrality of the olympic games by not using them there as a stage for their political purposes. correspondent: potential violations of the new guidelines according to the ioc, would be , evaluated by the national olympic committee and respective sport federation. disciplinary act

these athletes but this says otherwise and it goes back to 968 you mentioned history john carlos tommie smith dichotic reason the 1st on the podium they were they were banished from the team and then just recently they were given back those medals and those wins that they had so it's i think they're going too far and i would agree and that my question is where does it stop because it's easy for them to say ok just don't do it at the medal ceremonies but you can still do it on social media or you can still do it in your own free time but then what happens when they come forward and they say oh wait a 2nd let's not do this on your social media either because that also reflects who you are as an athlete and so i think it's one of those things where you give an engine there's concerns that they will eventually take a mile and make it so much so that the police can't say anything i disagree i am actually in support of this because sometimes i want to turn on a sports game i want to turn on a movie something where it's not going to be political and for me that's been something that's kind of been k

they have a museum dedicated to athletes such as giancarlo and tommie smith for taking a stand, and theywebsite particularly for that. so i don't understand why they're saying this now. >> you said in previous interviews when you raised your fist at the pan am games it wasn't pre--planned. now that you know the rules, if you compete in tokyo this summer, would you do it again? >> well, i haven't really thought about it right now. i'm just focused on training. this year is going to be a very hard year to make the team. so i really haven't thought about it yet. it's not my concern right now. >> how is the training coming, by the way, if you don't mind me asking? >> the training is really tough. because of my protest, i did lose a lot of sponsorship and support. i have to grind it out. no complaints, just do what i want to do, have to do. >> the sponsors that dropped you, when they dropped you after the protest, what did they say? how did they explain it? >> they -- i probably shouldn't say. i probably shouldn't say. they just let me know if i was to do something like that again, that it wo

that means demonstrations such as the raised fists of tommy smith and john carlos of the 1968 olympicsare now prohibited. there is no stated punishment for athletes who break the rule. but athletes are still allowed to express their views on social media and in their interviews, opening ceremony for the summer games is july 24th. >>> oklahoma city fans welcoming russell westbrook back for the first time since his blockbuster trade to the rockets. he played first 11 seasons in okc getting standing ovations and it was a special night there. chris paul who westbrook was traded for seen there dribbling through the defender's leg. paul led to a 113-92 win, but that didn't spoil what was a very special night for westbrook. >> the organization they do an amazing job of just making you feel home and i feel like i was home. i feel like i left everything out on the floor every single night and did what i could for the city. >> finally predators goalie done what many goalies dreamed of right here. grabs the puck, fires it all the way down the ice and into the empty net for the goal. only the 12th

which is arguably the black power salute at the 1968 olympics in mexico city it was sprinters tommie smith and john carlos raised their fists to protest against racism in the united states both athletes were suspended by their country not by the i.o.c. in 1906 to protest against having to represent a great britain irish high jumper peter o'connor wave the golden harp ireland forever a flag after receiving his silver medal at rio 2016 marathon silver medalist afraid least lisa crossed his wrists at the finish line to support protesters in his home region of ethiopia earlier we spoke to sports journalist stuart ware who's covered numerous olympic games he says the new measures by the i.o.c. are a positive step but i think the i.o.c. is trying to say that actually their statement use the word sport is neutral and must be separate from political and religious or any other kind of interference i think that they're trying to make the focus of the olympics be on the sport on the competition not to allow any athlete to hijack it for their own political reasons i think you have to stress that oscil

princes tommie smith and john carlos raised their fists to take a stand against racism in their home country in 1906 unhappy at having to represent great britain irish high jumper peter o'connor waved the golden harp island forever flag after receiving his silver medal and there are 2016 marathon silver medalist at the cellar lisa crossed his wrists at the finish line to support protestors in his home country of ethiopia for head coach of the united states men's soccer team says it was the right decision for perspire training camp in cats are the tamer instead training in florida the squad cancelled the castle trip due to the court developing situation in the region on thursday usa international was allowed to leave iraq says training camp and cats are saying he didn't feel comfortable. it was just a precaution and when you look back at it you know it was it was warranted now but i think when making the decision it was you know what's in the best interests of the players and you know we felt the need to change plans quickly made a lot of sense and we did so and now we're here with th

princes tommie smith and john carlos raised their fists take a stand against racism in the united states in 19 i 6 unhappy at having to represent great britain irish high jumper pacer conaway for the golden heart all and forever flying after receiving his silver medal and the real 2016 at marathon silver medalist of the seller lisa crossed his wrists at the finish line to support protestors in his home country of ethiopia well sports rights just your way says despite the new rules some athletes will still find a way to make their voices heard athletes are not being god because when they're talking to the media they can take it over the like it's simply that they're not allowed to needle on or put a fist stop like the the 2 did in 68. i mean of course there will always be issues around the olympics but i think it's quite a good thing for the i.o.c. to be saying this is the 1st of all a sport and we want to keep it that way you know if you want to protest about racism in america do it in america or do it at the american embassy don't do it in the midst of. the olympic games which really ha

sprinters tommie smith and john carlos of raise their fist to protest against racism in the united states both athletes were suspended by their country not by the i.o.c. in 1906 to protest against having to represent great britain irish high jumper peter o'connor waved the flag of ireland after receiving his silver medal at rio 2016 marathon silver medalist face at least cross his wrists at the finish line in support of protests at his home in ethiopia or for more on this we're joined by sports journalist stuart ware who's covered a number of olympic games start we've seen political statements being made at the olympics in the past why is the i.o.c. putting this measure in place now well absolutely as you say this is been around for a long time but i think the. trying to say their statement use the word sport is neutral must be separate from political and religious or any of the kind of interference i think that they're trying to make the focus of the olympics be on the sport on the competition. and the athlete to hijack it for their own political reasons ok but do you yourself stewart be

tommy. some of the great tar heels from that team. from that, coach smithdean smith began his program five years after that and became the winningest coach in college basketball history and is a legend in chapel hill. dean smith was our head basketball coach from 1961 to 1997. when he retired, he was the winningest coach in college basketball history. he helped the united states win the olympics in 1976. he won two national championships. and he developed the carolina program. play smart and play together. those are themes that all of the coaches that have come after coach smith, they all live by that idea. play hard, play smart, and play together. that is what coach smith lived by. this sort of grecian urn is sports illustrated sportsman of the year. one of the top awards in all of sports each year. the si sportsman of the year, coach smith won in 1997. there is a great story about how we got the artifact for the museum. he had listed it on the inventory of items he donated, we could not find it so we looked everywhere, even at his house, and nobody could

lenny and tommy and some of the great tar heels from that team and from that, you know, coach smith,n smith, he began his program five years after that. and coach smith became the winningest coach in college basketball history and is a legend here in chapel hill. dean smith was our head basketball coach from 1961 to 1997. when he retired, he was the winningest coach in college basketball history. he help the united states win back the gold medal at the olympics in 1976. he won two national championships. and more of that he built a great program. the carolina way of play hard, play smart, play together. and those are themes that all the coaches that have come after coach smith. coach gautry, now roy williams. they all live by the motto of play hard, play smart and play together and that's what coach smith lived by. this sort of grecian style under, that's "sports illustrated"'s sportsman of the year. it's one of the top award in all of sports each year. the s.i. sport men of the year, coach smith won that in 1997. it was a great story about how he got that artifact for the museum he