KIN 2501 : Kin Test 4
15 Mar 2019
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International sports in the 20th century - test 43/31/2015 5:37:00 pm. Wilma rudolph: at age 16 earned spot on olympic team in melbourne, won bronze metal in relay, first american woman to win 3 gold medals, 2 parades white/black town she denied, 1 for entire town. 1960: sports keep a country together, 1968 endorsing a boycott of the olympic games. 1976: 40th anniversary of the 1936 games at berlin, star of the olympiad was edwin moses set world record in 1976, 1980 forced to withdraw from the moscow olympics because of a political statement. 1984: games in la, soviet union and its allies did not attend. 1992: games in barcelona, dream team of men"s basketball to barcelona, professional tennis players, basketball. Future: bleak or bright: budget cuts and privatization of sports programs, negative impact when public-tax supported programs are cut, resistance to legislations, backlash toward changes for women in sport, homophobia, generalized fear or intolerance of lesbians
