Swedish Objection To The Wording Of The Olympic Oath
Recd. 6 pan. London, May 25. An Oslo message states that a controversy has arisen in Sweden over the terms of the Olympic oath, which a number of prominent Swedish athletes consider cannot conscientiouly be accepted. The latter part of the oath states: “I declare, on my honour . . . that sport to me is nothing more than recreation, without material gain of any kind, direct or Indirect.” It is pointed out that although athletes and other sportsmen may receive no remuneration for their participation in sport, they must inevitably receive indirect advantages, such as trips to various parts of their own countries and abroad. The Swedes have always supported payment for broken time, but cannot reconcile this with the terms of the Olympic oath. Frank Butler, writing in the “Daily Express,’ ’says no athlete inthe world can sign the Olympic pledge “unless his conscience is composed of double strength elastic.”
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Wanganui Chronicle, 26 May 1948, Page 5
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