{"id":427675,"date":"2020-04-17T10:39:19","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T17:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=427675"},"modified":"2020-04-17T10:40:28","modified_gmt":"2020-04-17T17:40:28","slug":"1980-olympic-boycott-revisited-book-on-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/1980-olympic-boycott-revisited-book-on-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"1980 Olympic Boycott Revisited &#8211;  Book On Sale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>1980 Olympic Boycott: <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.swimmingworld.com\/products\/boycott-stolen-dreams-of-the-1980-moscow-olympic-games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<em>By Tom Caraccioli and Jerry Caraccioli<\/em><\/p>\n<p>With a thorough exploration of the political climate of the time and the Soviet Union\u2019s invasion of Afghanistan, this book describes the repercussions of Jimmy Carter\u2019s American boycott of the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow. Despite missing the games they had trained relentlessly to compete in, many U.S. athletes went on to achieve remarkable successes in sports and overcame the bitter disappointment of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity dashed by geopolitics.<\/p>\n<p>Swimming World and the International Swimming Hall of Fame is selling this book to commemorate and to commiserate the 40th anniversary of the 1980 Boycott Games.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.swimmingworld.com\/products\/boycott-stolen-dreams-of-the-1980-moscow-olympic-games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to order for only $19,95<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.swimmingworld.com\/products\/boycott-stolen-dreams-of-the-1980-moscow-olympic-games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"427731\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/1980-olympic-boycott-revisited-book-on-sale\/boycott_stolen_dreams_caraccioli_1024x1024_720x-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Boycott_Stolen_Dreams_Caraccioli_1024x1024_720x-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"720,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Boycott_Stolen_Dreams_Caraccioli_1024x1024_720x (1)\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Boycott Stolen Dreams by Tom and Jerry Caraccioli&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: ISHOF&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Boycott_Stolen_Dreams_Caraccioli_1024x1024_720x-1-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Boycott_Stolen_Dreams_Caraccioli_1024x1024_720x-1.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-427731 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Boycott_Stolen_Dreams_Caraccioli_1024x1024_720x-1.jpg\" alt=\"1980 Olympic Boycott\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Boycott_Stolen_Dreams_Caraccioli_1024x1024_720x-1.jpg 720w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Boycott_Stolen_Dreams_Caraccioli_1024x1024_720x-1-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Boycott_Stolen_Dreams_Caraccioli_1024x1024_720x-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Boycott_Stolen_Dreams_Caraccioli_1024x1024_720x-1-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Boycott_Stolen_Dreams_Caraccioli_1024x1024_720x-1-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Boycott_Stolen_Dreams_Caraccioli_1024x1024_720x-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Boycott_Stolen_Dreams_Caraccioli_1024x1024_720x-1-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Boycott_Stolen_Dreams_Caraccioli_1024x1024_720x-1-533x533.jpg 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Boycott_Stolen_Dreams_Caraccioli_1024x1024_720x-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-moscow-boycott-a-toxic-mix-of-sports-and-politics-proved-costly-for-hard-working-athletes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Read More About The Moscow Boycott\u00a0 From January Issue of Swimming World Magazine<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Years of hard work went unfulfilled. Dreams turned into nightmares. Sadness and anger abounded. The repercussions of the United States\u2019 decision to boycott the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow were severe. This summer marks the 40th anniversary of what was a toxic mix of sports and politics.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>******************************<\/p>\n<p>There was no proper reaction to the official announcement. The athletes, as was their right, reacted differently, and in fashions that were personally appropriate. Some immediately let the tears flow. Several instantly harbored intense anger. Others sat in disbelief, wondering how such a decision could be made.<\/p>\n<p>An adage that sports and politics do not mix has been uttered for years. Fans want their athletes to play. They want touchdowns. They want goals. They want baskets. More, citizens don\u2019t need their elected officials to infuse government policy into the games they follow. Yet, when\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cartercenter.org\/about\/experts\/jimmy_carter.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>President Jimmy Carter<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0announced on March 21, 1980 that the United States would not send a delegation to that summer\u2019s Olympics in Moscow, instead choosing to boycott the Games, sports and politics were pureed in the same blender.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1980 Olympic Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games By Tom Caraccioli and Jerry Caraccioli With a thorough exploration of the political climate of the time and the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7006,"featured_media":427730,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[122077,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-427675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-americas","category-coaches-education"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>1980 Olympic Boycott Revisited - Book On Sale - Swimming World<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"1980 Olympic Boycott: Years of hard work went unfulfilled. 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