Olympics "the ego has landed"

[TJJJ]

Originally Posted by coadie

The 1996 Olympics were meant to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the modern Olympics. Instead, terrorism, logistical nightmares and over-the-top commercialism marred the event.

What took place in the early morning hours of July 27 left a lasting memory on the Atlanta Games. For the first time in 24 years, terrorism reared its ugly head at the Olympics.

Not since the 1972 murders of 11 Israeli athletes had there been such violence at the event hailed as a symbol of world peace.

The Numbers
Number of nations: 197

Number of athletes: 10,138 (3,512 women, 6,806 men)

Number of sports: 26

Number of events: 271

Number of media: 15,108

Number of nations winning gold medals: 53

First athlete to win the same event four straight times: Carl Lewis, U.S. (Long jump)

First athlete to compete in nine Olympics: Hubert Raudaschl, Austria (Sailing)
On day nine of the Atlanta Olympics, a bomb exploded at Centennial Olympic Park, leaving two people dead and more than a hundred injured. Richard Jewell, a security officer at the Games, who had found the bomb, was wrongfully fingered as a suspect, and became the target of a media witch-hunt for the culprit.

Clinton was President during the Atlanta Olympics.

Ah, good old B Clinton!

That was the reason everything went bad in Atlanta!

George Bush caused Katrina and Bill Clinton caused all the problems at Atlanta!

Good thing we have those people to blame.

[Ferd]

Originally Posted by tstew

Now that is a point that I'm sure noone but Ferd picked up on . It is interesting though. Those games were obviously before my time, but I understand that these women were the stories of their respective games. However, it is interesting that she didn't name the American women of the games that occurred at that time in her life. Is anyone aware of whether there were dominant American women or women of other nationalities at those games?

Yep. Try Cathy Rigby. She was kind of important.

and this really was the height of the cold war. I remember international compitition in those days and in my house you certainly did NOT root for the communists! Even in events where the Americans stunk it up.

[tstew]

Originally Posted by Ferd

Yep. Try Cathy Rigby. She was kind of important.

and this really was the height of the cold war. I remember international compitition in those days and in my house you certainly did NOT root for the communists! Even in events where the Americans stunk it up.

This is interesting for sure. Obviously, she was a child at that point and not a "Communist" per se, so I wonder what the climate was in her house. Were other young American girls captivated by Nadia and Olga in those Olympics I wonder?

[n david]

Originally Posted by tstew

This is interesting for sure. Obviously, she was a child at that point and not a "Communist" per se, so I wonder what the climate was in her house. Were other young American girls captivated by Nadia and Olga in those Olympics I wonder?

We may not agree on this ... but considering her associations through life from then 'til now ...

Just sayin'. She was taught or learned something in her home that caused her to lean towards socialism/communism