https://padlet.com/25larsonm/u3t0q8v8bwqj3z6q en-us 2022-04-07 14:09:44 UTC 2026-03-17 16:09:20 UTC hello@padlet.com 25larsonm https://padlet.com/25larsonm/u3t0q8v8bwqj3z6q/wish/2134674559 The 1980-1984 Olympics is where the whole thing started. ]]> 2022-04-07 14:13:46 UTC https://padlet.com/25larsonm/u3t0q8v8bwqj3z6q/wish/2134674559 25larsonm https://padlet.com/25larsonm/u3t0q8v8bwqj3z6q/wish/2135028927 The miracle on ice is when the United States had won the hockey "tournament" defeating the Russians, proving the United State's dominance. ]]> 2022-04-07 17:26:27 UTC https://padlet.com/25larsonm/u3t0q8v8bwqj3z6q/wish/2135028927 25larsonm https://padlet.com/25larsonm/u3t0q8v8bwqj3z6q/wish/2135039108 The invasion of Afghanistan is why the United States had led the Boycott in 1980. They led the Boycott to protest against it. ]]> 2022-04-07 17:32:43 UTC https://padlet.com/25larsonm/u3t0q8v8bwqj3z6q/wish/2135039108 25larsonm https://padlet.com/25larsonm/u3t0q8v8bwqj3z6q/wish/2135045581 Russia had won 80 gold medals in the Olympics in Moscow. More than any other country had won. They won gold medals for gymnastics, track and field, women's archery, basketball, fencing, volleyball, etc. ]]> 2022-04-07 17:36:45 UTC https://padlet.com/25larsonm/u3t0q8v8bwqj3z6q/wish/2135045581 25larsonm https://padlet.com/25larsonm/u3t0q8v8bwqj3z6q/wish/2135048734 The Cold War olympic symbol was the USSR seeing the Olympics as trying to show Soviet Power, and show dominance of their country to the rest of the world. ]]> 2022-04-07 17:38:39 UTC https://padlet.com/25larsonm/u3t0q8v8bwqj3z6q/wish/2135048734 25larsonm https://padlet.com/25larsonm/u3t0q8v8bwqj3z6q/wish/2135055815 A Boycott is not willing to do something for the country or organization as a punishment. The United States led a Boycott to protest against the invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. Because the Olympics were hosted by Moscow, there was competition between Russia and the United States. ]]> 2022-04-07 17:42:55 UTC https://padlet.com/25larsonm/u3t0q8v8bwqj3z6q/wish/2135055815 25larsonm https://padlet.com/25larsonm/u3t0q8v8bwqj3z6q/wish/2135060920 The United States had won the hockey game for the Olympics. Moscow and Washington had used this as a competition to see what system has the better athletes. It was a competition between democracy and communism. ]]> 2022-04-07 17:46:08 UTC https://padlet.com/25larsonm/u3t0q8v8bwqj3z6q/wish/2135060920 25larsonm https://padlet.com/25larsonm/u3t0q8v8bwqj3z6q/wish/2135067857 The Boycott led by the United States was the biggest Boycott in Olympic history. 60 other countries had joined the United States to stay away from Moscow. And there were many protests about the invasion, in Moscow. This led to competition between The United States and Russia because The U.S. had started the Boycott in Russia. ]]> 2022-04-07 17:50:26 UTC https://padlet.com/25larsonm/u3t0q8v8bwqj3z6q/wish/2135067857 25larsonm https://padlet.com/25larsonm/u3t0q8v8bwqj3z6q/wish/2135073262 Because Russia was known as having a lot of gold medals, this created a lot of competition between the countries because they wanted to beat the defeating country. Since Russia had won 80 gold medals in the winter Olympics, it created more competition wanting to beat Russia's amazing members. ]]> 2022-04-07 17:53:52 UTC https://padlet.com/25larsonm/u3t0q8v8bwqj3z6q/wish/2135073262 25larsonm https://padlet.com/25larsonm/u3t0q8v8bwqj3z6q/wish/2135081269 The event that happened in 1972 was, terrorists invading the Olympic Village killing 2 members from the Israeli team. As well as keeping some hostages. This had put the Olympics on hold for a day to honor the members that had been lost. This created more competition and tension because this had happened in Moscow. ]]> 2022-04-07 17:58:44 UTC https://padlet.com/25larsonm/u3t0q8v8bwqj3z6q/wish/2135081269 25larsonm https://padlet.com/25larsonm/u3t0q8v8bwqj3z6q/wish/2135386424 The USSR saw the Olympics as trying to show Soviet Power, and show dominance of their country to the rest of the world. This set off some competition saying their country is the best. ]]> 2022-04-07 22:18:10 UTC https://padlet.com/25larsonm/u3t0q8v8bwqj3z6q/wish/2135386424 25larsonm https://padlet.com/25larsonm/u3t0q8v8bwqj3z6q/wish/2135389801 The Olympics are an international multi-sport event held once every four years in the summer and winter. This is where the whole war started. It was a "great" place to have a lot of competition going on since it was to see who were the best players and countries. ]]> 2022-04-07 22:22:27 UTC https://padlet.com/25larsonm/u3t0q8v8bwqj3z6q/wish/2135389801