Moscow Olympics boycott

Title

Moscow Olympics boycott

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:02:39

Description

Report on which countries are joining and the effects of the boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics over the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. With comment from Sebastian Coe, British athlete. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Sebastian Coe

Keywords

USA; Foreign affairs; Sports competitions; UK; Afghanistan; USSR; International relations; Military affairs; Athletics; Olympic games; Athletes; Moscow; East West relations; Medals

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