Olympics
Location | World |
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Interests | • Politics • deep lobbying |
Description | The biggest sport event of the world. Some deep events have occurred here. |
The Olympics are held every 4 years. The nations of the world compete in sporting events for medals.
Contents
Controversies
1936
Unraveling the Truth Behind the 1936 Olympics in Berlin |
Nazi Germany hosts it as PR.
1972
- Full article: 1972 Munich massacre
- Full article: 1972 Munich massacre
1996
- Full article: Centennial Olympic Park bombing
- Full article: Centennial Olympic Park bombing
In Atlanta.
London 2012
2005 London bombings when London won the right to host the 2012 Olympics.
Russia 2014
2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Russia doping allegations.
2020 (2021)
- Full article: Belarus 2020 Summer Olympics scandal
- Full article: Belarus 2020 Summer Olympics scandal
Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya refused to go home, and was granted asylum in Poland. Many BLM protests.
2024
South Korea gets named North Korea.[1] Paris "secretly detained and removed 1000 people", implying there are 1000 migrants and homeless people in Paris that shouldn't be roaming the street, but appear to only be on the scope of the Police when the Olympics are there. It didn't stop a gang rape occurring one week before the opening of the games.[2]
Security inside the football stadium intervened and separated a group of pro-Palestine protestors and Israel fans, and the Palestine pro people were removed from the stadium.[3]
Members of the Algerian Olympic delegation threw roses into the river Seine during the opening ceremony in memory of the victims of the Paris massacre of 1961, where as many as 200 Algerian independence protesters were killed.[4]
The High-speed rail network of Eurostar suffered from multiple instances of coordinated sabotage, suspected to be - according to the French police - the work of "Extreme Left Terrorists".[5][6]
References
- ↑ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/27/ioc-apologises-for-introducing-south-korean-athletes-as-north-korean
- ↑ https://eu.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2024/04/17/2024-olympics-social-cleansing-paris/73353671007/
- ↑ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/olympics/2024/07/24/olympics-2024-live-updates-paris-football-rugby-sevens/
- ↑ https://www.barrons.com/news/algeria-olympic-delegation-pays-rose-tribute-to-massacre-victims-02b9143d
- ↑ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/07/26/why-russia-prime-suspect-massive-paris-olympics-sabotage/
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concerns_and_controversies_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics#Water_pollution_of_the_Seine_and_uncertain_role_in_the_wider_Games