I really liked the Moscow torch lighting. It was very impressive. I remember as a kid watching it on the evening news. Because of the US-led boycott, there was no US coverage of the '80 Games. Jimmy Carter ruined two Olympic Games with his useless boycott. The Soviets retaliated in '84 for the LA Games. I remember US athletes, who had trained for years, being invited to see Carter at the White House. Many of them gave Carter a piece of their mind, then helped defeat him a few months later.
@redletter2008 I think it's hilarious that we boycotted the USSR for 'invading(actually invited by the Afghan government) Afghanistan to fight Islamic insurgents. Because America knows that any country that invades Afghanistan is evil.
@schueaj The boycott served no purpose in the end. LA was granted the '84 Games in '78, so Carter knew that his boycott would compel the Soviets to retaliate when it was our show. Like today's inpotent "sanctions" against Iran or Lybia or North Korea, the '80 boycott acheived nothing. It did not cause the USSR to pull even one troop out of Afghanistan. Once again, Carter failed. What an atrocious President (though the current boob is challenging). Moscow had a great show, even without us there.
Sergei Belov had the honour to light the cauldron cause he was the captain of the basketball team that won the gold medal at Montreal 1976, first time USA was defeated in Olympics.
@rucksplash08 Sore losers! That is why in fact the US boycotted the 1980 Olympics. They would be surpassed by the USSR, the GDR and who knows... just unbearable by the US.
extraordinario y todavía ninguna nación a superado esta presentación, solo los chinos pudieran alcanzar e incluso iguala; pero jamas superar. Y todavía hoy día criticamos a los Soviet Supremo.
Viva la URSS¡¡¡
davo666ify 2 months ago
I really liked the Moscow torch lighting. It was very impressive. I remember as a kid watching it on the evening news. Because of the US-led boycott, there was no US coverage of the '80 Games. Jimmy Carter ruined two Olympic Games with his useless boycott. The Soviets retaliated in '84 for the LA Games. I remember US athletes, who had trained for years, being invited to see Carter at the White House. Many of them gave Carter a piece of their mind, then helped defeat him a few months later.
redletter2008 5 months ago
@redletter2008 I think it's hilarious that we boycotted the USSR for 'invading(actually invited by the Afghan government) Afghanistan to fight Islamic insurgents. Because America knows that any country that invades Afghanistan is evil.
schueaj 4 months ago
@schueaj The boycott served no purpose in the end. LA was granted the '84 Games in '78, so Carter knew that his boycott would compel the Soviets to retaliate when it was our show. Like today's inpotent "sanctions" against Iran or Lybia or North Korea, the '80 boycott acheived nothing. It did not cause the USSR to pull even one troop out of Afghanistan. Once again, Carter failed. What an atrocious President (though the current boob is challenging). Moscow had a great show, even without us there.
redletter2008 4 months ago
Sergei Belov had the honour to light the cauldron cause he was the captain of the basketball team that won the gold medal at Montreal 1976, first time USA was defeated in Olympics.
An Epic victory.
caravaggio31 1 year ago 2
@caravaggio31 that's odd. i could have sworn that was 1972 munich
iago68 1 year ago
@caravaggio31 More like a theft of epic proportions.
rucksplash08 11 months ago
@rucksplash08 Sore losers! That is why in fact the US boycotted the 1980 Olympics. They would be surpassed by the USSR, the GDR and who knows... just unbearable by the US.
YagoDiego 5 months ago in playlist YagoDiego's Favorited Videos
A melhor Olimpíada de todos os tempos!!
Gordao44 1 year ago
extraordinario y todavía ninguna nación a superado esta presentación, solo los chinos pudieran alcanzar e incluso iguala; pero jamas superar. Y todavía hoy día criticamos a los Soviet Supremo.
Johnny777violin 1 year ago
@Johnny777violin
Los chinos? Los chinos son lo peor que hay. Ellos tienen lo peor del comunismo y lo peor del capitalismo.
GabAxe 1 year ago
@GabAxe siii jejejejeje por eso viva USA!!! jejeje
viva el imperialismo :)
krLiThoxX 1 year ago
@krLiThoxX Eso dicen todos los radicales, los que quieren justificar la injusticia propia, pero armar escándalo sólo por la de los demás.
GabAxe 1 year ago