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1980 Summer Olympics boycott

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Former Olympian reflects on 1980 boycott

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USA Wrestling's Gene Mills remembers the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott

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1980 Olympic Boycott

The 1980 Summer Olympics boycott was one part of a number of actions initiated by the United States to protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The Soviet Union, which hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics, and other countries would later boycott the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
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