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Why did Muhammad Ali throw his Olympic gold medal in the Ohio river?
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∙ 11y ago
He threw it in because he went into a restaurant with his medal on. If you won any gold medals you were considered amazing in your local community. He went in and the manager said "We don't accept black people." He then went to the Ohio River and threw the medal in. It has never been found.
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