Word: olympicsized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Meanwhile, her work over and her medals packed, Nadia Comaneci, the solemn muse of the Games, could leave for a Black Sea vacation with little concern that the second week of the Olympics would produce a star to outshine her. One cannot expect perfection too often.
Nowhere was the disappointment greater than in Africa, where popular sentiment was strongly opposed to the political decision to withdraw the teams. A number of African athletes telephoned home to say they were considering forfeiting their citizenships and settling in the U.S. "I'm fed up with black politics...
"We are victims of our own success," says Douglas Roby, a U.S. member of the IOC. "We have created the greatest forum in the world for political statements. What happens on our stage attracts more attention than what happens at the United Nations." Television, which estimates the audience for the...
Similarly, the magnitude of the African boycott has placed the Games at the mercy of political blackmailers. The threat of some future withdrawal from the Olympics by a bloc of nations puts great pressure on the IOC-and now also on the host government-to exclude the object of the...
The developments of the past fortnight are all the more alarming because the 1980 Olympics are scheduled for Moscow. Judging from Soviet newspapers last week, the bitter political legacy from Montreal could have profound-and potentially disastrous-effects on the Games in Moscow. Commenting on the Montreal events, Moscow'...