worldstar – At the Olympic Village

At the Olympic Village, white American pole vaulter Bob Seagren told reporters that “if [Smith and Carlos] don’t like the United States, they can always leave.” But white decathlete Tom Waddell said black Americans had been discredited by the American flag more often than they had sullied it. “Let a Russian try that and see what happens,” hammer thrower Hal Connolly said in support of the political protest. At the Olympic Village, white American pole vaulter Bob Seagren told reporters that “if [Smith and Carlos] don’t like the United States, they can always leave.” But white decathlete Tom Waddell said black Americans had been discredited by the American flag more often than they had sullied it. “Let a Russian try that and see what happens,” hammer thrower Hal Connolly said in support of the political protest.