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Woke Olympics: Gymnast Incorporates Black Lives Matter Protest In Floor Routine 

Amanda Prestigiacomo
Woke Olympics: Gymnast Incorporates Black Lives Matter Protest In Floor Routine 
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Costa Rican gymnast Luciana Alvarado took a knee and raised a clenched black power fist at the end of her floor routine, paying tribute to leftist anti-police activist group Black Lives Matter while skirting the International Olympic Committee (IOC) protest rules.

Alvarado, the first gymnast from Costa Rica to qualify for the Olympics, confirmed to The Associated Press that she was honoring the BLM moment.

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