At the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, Jim Thorpe, a member of the Sac and Fox Nation, won both the pentathlon and the decathlon in dominant fashion. King Gustav V presented the medals and, as the story is famously told, called him the greatest athlete in the world. A few months later Thorpe was stripped of his medals because he had played minor league baseball, which broke the strict amateur rules of the day. In 1983 the IOC gave replica medals to his family but listed him only as a co-winner. Finally, on July 15, 2022, the 110th anniversary of his decathlon win, the IOC recognized him as the sole champion. Justice may take a long time. God sees what is right, and the record will one day be set straight.
