Politics and the Olympics
News June 7th, 2008
People like to say that the Olympics should be all about sports, and not politics, but history shows many countries using the Olympics for political statements (the Berlin Olympics come to mind, and the American team boycotting the Olympics in Russia, just to name a few well-known examples). Countdown To Beijing blog has a slideshow of Olympics and politics through the years.
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