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Amid pomp and protest, the limping Olympiad takes...
Despite all that pomp, no one at the opening ceremonies of the XXII Olympiad last Saturday could forget that it was something less than the real thing. About 30 countries that had planned to send athletes decided not to because of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Of the 81 countries participating, 16 staged symbolic protests during the opening-day parade by carrying Olympic banners rather than their national flags...
...opening ceremonies, and members spent much of the time debating the boycott. The meetings also produced a flap over the American flag. I.O.C. officials want to run it up the pole at the Games' conclusion, as protocol dictates, to signify the U.S. as the site of the 1984 Olympiad. White House Counsel Lloyd Cutler last week sent the I.O.C. a letter objecting to that plan, but the committee plans to stand fast. Meanwhile, the local organizers of the 1984 Los Angeles Games submitted an upbeat report on their preparations and promised to pay the estimated tab of $347 million...
Nonetheless, the 22nd Olympiad promised to be a tarnished affair. As of last week, an estimated 31 countries, including Canada, Japan, West Germany, China and Kenya, were heeding the Carter Administration's call for a boycott to protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. By the host country's count, 83 nations will participate. The boycott has taken the luster off such men's sports as track, basketball, boxing and gymnastics; the competition in swimming, yachting, field hockey, archery and equestrian events has become almost meaningless. Even so, the countries coming to Moscow won about...
After the murder of eleven Israeli athletes at Munich in 1972, the African boycott in 1976 and the current one, no one knows what problems will beset the 23rd Olympiad. But U.S. athletes, bitterly disappointed at being sidelined in 1980, are already taking aim at 1984. "Just you wait," says Tuppeny. "We've got some kids coming along who are going to be fantastic...