Why did Cassius Clay throw his gold medal in the river?

Answer 1

Ali was incredibly proud of the gold medal he won in the the 1960 Rome Olympics. People said he wore it all the time. One day he while wearing the medal he was refused service at a Louisville restaurant.That incident prompted him to throw the medal into the Ohio River.

Answer 2

He CLAIMED to have been so disgusted at bringing home the gold medal only to be turned away from an all white restaurant that he threw it off a bridge into a river.

However, he NOW claims that he didn't throw it away, he lost itW

Either way, the olympic comittee in 1996 presented him with a replacement.

Answer 3

he did it when i farted in his face and he fell down the lake he dropped it in their.he got tebaged 7 times then ran away then got raped by a hobo and got farted in the face again