Track and field: Smith’s image still holds up after 40 years

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Saw a T-shirt on the way in to the Division I prelims at Trabuco Hills selling for $15. It was the Tommie Smith tribute shirt, with the iconic image of Smith with his raised fist from atop the podium after the 200 meters at the 1968 Olympic Games.

Even after 40 years, it’s still a dramatic image.

-- Martin Henderson