Stopping athletes protesting at Tokyo 2020 will `be impossible,` says Edwin Moses
(WorldNews China)

(CNN)Some of the Olympic Games` most iconic moments have come not in the sporting feats themselves, but in the limelight those achievements have earned athletes. From John Carlos and Tommie Smith`s famous black power salute in 1968 to Peter O`Connor scaling a flagpole to wave the Irish flag in 1906, political statements have been woven into the fabric of the modern Games. However, that could be about to change after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recently that reiterated and clarified its ban on athletes making `political, religious or racial` protests at Tokyo 2020. The stance surprised many given we`re an era that has witnessed an increase in the number of athletes using their...