The police violence that led to the death of American George Floyd at the end of May has led to major protests against racism around the world and many sports stars have also participated.

Among these are Jadon Sancho and Marcus Thuram in the German Bundesliga and in their case, Fifa (International Football Association) chairman Gianni Infantino has gone out and given his support to the players.

"In a Fifa tournament, the recent demonstrations by the players in the Bundesliga would deserve an applause and not a penalty," he said.

CLIP: Here, Thuram kneels to his goal

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However, that attitude does not have the IOC (International Olympic Committee). There you maintain your rule that "no demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda is allowed" and if you break it you will be punished.

In January of this year, it was also made clear that the knee bend that served as a protest belongs to the forbidden gestures, but more specific than that, you do not want to be at this stage.

"We will not speculate in hypothetical cases 13 months before the Olympics," writes the British The Telegraph according to the Reuters news agency.

The most well-known protest during an Olympics stood for Americans Tommie Smith and John Carlos in Mexico in 1968. As they stood on the podium, they bowed their heads and raised their knotted fists with black gloves in a protest against racial inequality.