It was the summer of 1980.
The Olympics were about to take place in Moscow. The world was in crisis. The Games were threatened. The USA reacted, imposing sanctions on the USSR and boycotting the Games!
It was a model established during the previous Games in 1976 by African countries that deployed the power of sport to fight a global injustice.
In December of 1979, the USSR invaded Afghanistan and took over the Asian country.
The man that was President of the United States was…
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