From the letters page of the Sydney Morning Herald, June 19;

Athletics Australia obviously does not care about relations with China (Letters, June 18) if it is at the expense of winning. Decisions by Athletics Australia have always been difficult to understand, which has recently been highlighted by Matt Norman’s brilliant film Salute, about “the white guy”, Peter Norman, the 200-metres silver medallist at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. Norman supported Tommie Smith and John Carlos in their famous black-gloved salute during the medal presentation.

Why didn’t Peter Norman represent Australia in the 1972 Olympics? Why wasn’t he invited to participate at some level in the Sydney 2000 Olympics, when his 1968 run still stood as the Australian 200-metres record?

Karen Fisher, Summer Hill