The 1980 olympic games was a political event to remember. Before the 1980 olympics, politics never got invovled. During this time the Soviet Union was supporting a war in Afganistan. they sent military forces to support the Marxist government. In an effort to stop this president Carter issued a ultimatium to boycott the 1980 olymipic games. Unless the soviets pullrd thier foces out of the Middle East the the United States would not participate in the 1980 Olympic Games. Other countries got innvolved as well like Japan, West Germany, China, France, Greece, United Kingdom and the Phillipines. Throughout all of the ceremonies, the boycotted olympic games used the Olympic anthem and the Olympic flag.
The 1984 Olympic Games was also boycotted. But this time the Soviet Union started it along with 14 other Eastern countries. Iran and Libya refused to attend to the olympic games because of the tensions they have with the United States. ( Now thesecountries have boycotted the 1980 and 1984 Olympic Games.) Even with these countries boycotting, 140 nations still competed in the games.
AJ, you had a good idea and good topic. You left me wanting to know more about the boycotting of the 1980 Olympics because it was such an interesting topic. I also think that your points would have been a bit stronger to the reader if the blog was spell checked. I liked how you were able to find a video that was based on the topic!
ReplyDeleteI agree with Fran. It draws you in to look up more information about the 1980 Olympics. Only a few words were misspelled. I liked how you had multiple pictures showing the reaction of the people during this time from the magazines and the Olympics. The video added a nice touch at the end as well.
ReplyDeleteThe video with your blog first perfectly adding a nice touch with the pictures and the information on your blog. I like how it showed the influence of politics in sports.
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