Canada's Boycott of the 1980 Olympic Games
by
Sheila Robertson
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2012
On December 27, 1979, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, a distant land unknown to most Canadians. A crucial fall-out was the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Games in Moscow, which Canada eventually joined, forcing 212 Canadian athletes to shelve their Olympic dreams, some temporarily,...