Carter Withdraws From U.S. Olympics | The 20th Century
Whistlestop: Presidential History and Trivia
Slate Podcasts
4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 8 February 2018
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
America boycotted the Moscow Summer Olympics in 1980 in response to the Russian occupation of Afghanistan. Here on the eve of the next winter Olympiad we’ll have the story of that decision by President Jimmy Carter.
Whistlestop is Slate’s podcast about presidential campaign history. Hosted by our political correspondent and Political Gabfest panelist John Dickerson, each installment will revisit a memorable (or even a forgotten) moment from America's quadrennial carnival.
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| 1:06.4 | 1980 was a year of Olympic highs and lows. In the Winter Games in Lake Placid New York, |
| 1:11.6 | the American hockey team pulled off an upset win over America's bitter rivals, the heavily favored Soviet Union hockey team in the semi-final game. |
| 1:21.0 | Five seconds left in the game. The American hockey team would go on to win the gold. |
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