by Larry Smith, The Indianapolis Recorder The former Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in December 1979. A few months later, at the urging of then-President Jimmy Carter and the Congress, the U.S. Olympic Committee boycotted the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Four years later, the Soviet Union retaliated by barring its athletes from competing … Continued
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