Opinion

‘World’s greatest athlete’ Jim Thorpe was wronged by bigotry. The IOC must correct the record.

Anita DeFrantz, first vice president of the International Olympic Committee, won a bronze medal in the women’s eight rowing competition at the 1976 Summer Games in Montreal.

For those who know the story of the Native American athlete Jim Thorpe and the 1912 Olympic Games, it may be familiar mainly as an example of how the elitist cult of amateurism a century ago resulted in one of the most egregious miscarriages of justice in sports history.