Paris Olympics 2024: There are many things in the world that have faced boycott, But did you know that the Olympics, which gathers players from all over the world, has also faced this, So let us know when,When have incidents like this happened?,
When students protesting against Olympics were killed in Mexico
talk 2 october 1968 has done, When thousands of students gathered at a place called Tlatelolco Plaza in Mexico City just ten days before the opening ceremony of the Olympics, These students demanded that instead of spending a lot of money on the Olympics, the government should use it for the benefit of the people of the country, During this time the students were protesting peacefully but the Mexican government wanted something else,
Around the Plaza,on nearby rooftops 300 More than 500 government snipers are deployed, Who suddenly take aim and start firing at the students, then in the next few minutes the Tlatelolco Plaza 200-300 filled with dead bodies, Many people were also injured in this incident, Its 10 A day later, protests were seen at the Olympics, and many athletes paid tribute to the dead in their own way, after this 1972 Protests against the Olympics were also seen in,
1976 Boycott also happened in
South Africa because of apartheid 1964 From 1992 Had to face ban from Olympics till now, Besides this boycott, 1976 There are many bitter memories from the 2014 Olympics, Thereafter, Canada 1.6 was in debt of billions of Canadian dollars, It took him years to recover from it, However, the Olympics could not recover quickly from its boycott trend, It remained the same for the next two events,
1980 in retaliation for the boycott of 1984 I got to see it in, This year the event was to be held in Los Angeles, a few months before the game starts USSR accused America of inciting politics through sports, He refused to send Soviet Union players to Los Angeles, citing threats to the lives of his players, like the soviet union 13 and the countries have 1984 Refused to send its players to the Olympics, This time too the boycott had an effect on the medal tally and competition. In this way, Olympics has faced boycott many times.
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