Had the United States gone to Moscow, he would have been ... among them – refused to join the boycott. The politics Carter hoped to keep out of the Olympics are now endemic to the Games.

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In 1980 he took glorious gold in Moscow and four years later breezed ... There are seven candidates, but experienced Olympics watchers believe Coe is in a three-way battle with Zimbabwe’s ...

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The inaugural Stanley Floyd Invitational is officially in the books, but the impact of the event may just be the beginning of a renewed partnership between Floyd, the City of Albany, and its track and ...

By Dr Segun Odegbami Last Wednesday, at the invitation of the Federal University Lokoja, I delivered the 15th Distinguished Public Lecture of the university. I am devoting my column this weekend to a ...

He did not seem to the feel the same way when he defied intense personal pressure from Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to boycott the Moscow Olympics in 1980 and competed anyway, winning gold.

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April 4th has witnessed a series of pivotal events that have shaped our world in various ways.One of the most significant moments in history that took ...