Jim Thorpe reinstated as sole winner of 1912 Olympic gold medals
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- IOC restores American's Olympic decathlon and pentathlon wins
- Thorpe was stripped of golds for playing minor league baseball
Jim Thorpe has been reinstated as the sole winner of the 1912 Olympic pentathlon and decathlon in Stockholm - nearly 110 years after being stripped of those gold medals for violations of strict amateurism rules of the time.
The International Olympic Committee announced the change Friday on the 110th anniversary of Thorpe winning the decathlon and later being proclaimed by King Gustav V of Sweden as the greatest athlete in the world".
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