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Before the civil war and during the times of the olympics, Sarajevo was a beautiful city. There were churches and some marvelous buildings.

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This podium was stood on by some legendary athletes. Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi-Hämäläinen, Jayne Torvill, Christopher Dean, and Bill Johnson all stood on podiums in Sarajevo holding medals and signing their countries national anthem.

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These Olympics were a very successful and monumental olympics for Yugoslavia. These colorful Olympics were a chance for Yugoslavia to be known for something other than causing World War I to start.

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The ski jumps in these olympics were beautiful. They overlooked the mountains and from the top one can see the city of Sarajevo, covered in soft, white snow. The snowcame in a huge snowstorm just a couple days before the olympics.

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Once an amazing city, sarajevo used to be the jewel in the crown for Yugoslavia. However, the war tottaly destroyed the city and many places were left in ruins

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This is what mount Ingman looks like today from afar. This mountain was used for many sports during these olympics. Nowadays, it is just a bunch of abandoned and destroyed structures

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Timeline

June 28, 1914: The archduke of Austria gets murdered in Sarajevo by a Serbian National, triggering WWI.

July 28, 1914: World War I begins; This is the cause to over 18 million deaths worldwide, causing people to resent Yugoslavia

May 18, 1978: Sarajevo unexpectedly wins vote to host 1984 Winter Olympics by the IOC, beating out Sapporo, Japan and Gothenburg, Sweden

February 6-7, 1984: In desperate need of snow, one of the biggest snowstorms in years hits Sarajevo, covering the city in white.

February 8, 1984: Winter Olympic games start in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia

February 14, 1984: Jure Franko wins silver medal in giant slalom, giving Yugoslavia their first ever medal

February 19, 1984: The Sarajevo Winter Olympic games concludes

April 6, 1992: Less than a decade after hosting the olympics, the Bosnian war starts, killing thousands

December 14, 1995: The war finally ends, but the republic of Yugoslavia breaks up and divides into smaller countries

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The civil war in Yugoslavia not only destroyed the olympic venue, but it also destroyed lives. At least 133,000 people were died because of this gruesome war that gripped the worlds attention again., but this time for something other than the olympics.

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This was once and colorful  bobsleigh and luge course used in the olympics. It turned into a artillery stronghold for the Bosnian Serbs during the war.

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One of the few Olympic podiums still standing in Sarajevo. A podium which once had  Finnish skier Matti Nykänen holding a gold gold medal while singing his national anthem, has turned into a broken, and abandoned  podium. During the war, some if these podium were used for execution.

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This was the ski jumping venue on Mount Ingman just outside of Sarajevo. It was also used as an artillery position for the Bosnian Serbs. Nowadays, everything is abandoned.