- British sprinter critical of Olympic podium protest regulations
- ‘If they ban an athlete for protesting, all hell will break loose’
Adam Gemili has vowed to take a knee in support of Black Lives Matter if he wins an Olympic medal in Tokyo – and warned the IOC that “all hell will break loose” if it tries to ban athletes from protesting on the podium.
The British sprinter also accused the International Olympic Committee of double standards for hailing athletes who made Black Power salutes at the Mexico Games in 1968 while preventing modern-day stars from doing the same.
