The US and the boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics: Carter's announcement

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The US and the boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics: Carter's announcement

Rome, March 21 - International tension had skyrocketed when the US boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympics. An important political act that was announced a few months before the demonstration was held: it was 21 March 1980, the Cold War was at the height of tension, and the reason was soon said: to counter the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan that began in December 1979, three months earlier. When the US boycotted the Moscow Olympics Then the American …