Jim Thorpe reinstated as the sole winner for the 1912 Olympic golds

Jim Thorpe was reinstated as the sole winner of the 1912 Olympic pentathlon

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for breaching the strict amateur rules of the time.

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The International Olympic Committee announced the change on Friday

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and later Sweden's King Gustav V declared him the "greatest athlete in the world".

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Jim Thorpe basically an American, returned to the ticker-tape parade in New York

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