Team USA Olympic athlete Raven Saunders scored a silver medal at Tokyo 2020 in the women's shot put final on Sunday.The 25-year-old two-time Olympian from South Carolina was later seen making an X symbol with her arms at the medal ceremony.Asked what her gesture meant, Saunders, who is gay, said: "It's the intersection of where all people who are oppressed meet."Her action went against a ban on podium protests maintained by the International Olympic Committee, the Associated Press reports.In July that the IOC eased restrictions to allow protests before competitions begin, on the field, and at the starting line.
However, protests remain banned on medal podiums.Speaking to Newsweek on Monday, a spokesperson for the United States Olympic &.