American fencer Race Imboden won a gold medal in the Pan American games in Peru.

Then he knelt during the national anthem at the medals ceremony.

What a dope.

Fencer @Race_Imboden on why he took a knee on the podium at the Pan Am Games: “I think that the catalyst was certainly the shootings this past week…being an athlete who’s on the road a lot and seeing the terrible things that are happening and wanting to evoke change.” pic.twitter.com/5ZkeBsIP5z

— CNN Newsroom (@CNNnewsroom) August 11, 2019