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The Olympics caused competition through many ways. The Olympics provided a way for the USSR and US to prove their dominance. Producing the best athletes was their way of proving they had a more dominant race. Winning the Olympics also was symbolizing which country was ahead. It was a way of showing that they were winning you could say in the Cold War. Last, the Olympics created competition through bigger insentive to win. The Olympics caused invasions and killing. These things made countries to compete harder and make it more competitive because they had reasons they wanted and needed to win.

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Due to the invasion of Afghanistan, the Olympics were boycotted by the US and other major countries. 65 countries decided not to participate whereas 80 did.

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Due to the Cold War, the Soviets joined many international sporting events and became very proficient in many sports. Some of these included basketball, volleyball, and football (soccer).

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The 1980 Olympics were held in Moscow and the US led a boycott to protest the late 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. 65 nations refused to participate whereas 80 nations did. The boycott was to not participate in the games or to move them to a different location. The games were still played in Moscow. Some nations that didn’t participate were South Korea, Haiti, and Chile. Though the boycott was in support of Afghanistan against the Soviets, Afghanistan still sent 11 athletes to participate in the events.

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The 1972 Olympics were suspended for a brief moment due to the Munich Massacre. On September 5th, 1972, one of the most horrific moments in Olympics history took place. 8 Palestinian terrorists, a group belonging to a group named the Black September Organization broke into the Olympic village and took 11 Israeli athletes hostage. Almost immediately, 2 were killed. The hostage standoff lasted 18+ hours. A German rescue effort failed and the remaining hostages but 3 were killed. After this 2 of the 3 hostages were killed by Israeli Mossad. This event built up a lot of tension during the games and made them very physical and dangerous games.

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On February 22, 1980, the US had an upsetting 4-3 win again the Soviet Union in the semifinals of the Hockey “tournament”. The “Miracle on Ice competition” was more than just an Olympic upset, to many Americans, it was an ideological victory in the cold war. It was at an auspicious time because the president just announced the boycott of the 1980 summer Olympics in Moscow.

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Competition in the Cold War was about the Soviets and the US proving which country is dominant through things like the Olympics.