"Peter Had to Face an Entire Country and Suffer Alone"

"For decades, Peter Norman was invited to condemn Smith and Carlos as well as his own actions. If he had, he would have been re-embraced by the establishment, found steady work through the Australian Olympic Committee, and been part of the pageantry when the Olympics came to Sydney in 2000. But he never wavered and remained a proud outcast until a fatal heart attack in 2006 struck him down at the all-too-young age of 63. The lead pallbearers at his funeral were John Carlos and Tommie Smith. Now six years after his death and in the aftermath of what was arguably the poorest Australian Olympic performance in decades, Australia wants to reclaim him as their own."

Dave Zirin at The Nation reports that the Australian House of Parliament will apologize to sprinter Peter Norman, "the white guy" who won the silver medal in the 200 meters during the 1968 Olympics.