spectators rejoice seeing an iranian and american player hug on the pitch. indeed anyone who thinks sports don t have a political dimension has never watched an india-pakistan cricket match in either india or pakistan. recall the olympics held in 1936 in nazi germany. the party used it as a propaganda vehicle for a message of aryan superiority, a message refuted when the black sprinter jesse owens won four gold medals. it s also not uncommon for countries to boycott the olympics like the moscow olympics in 1980. jimmy carter boycotted or last year when president joe biden staged a diplomatic boycott of the beijing games over human rights abuses in china. of course it s not only committees and countries that make sports political, it s the athletes themselves. in the 1968 mexico city olympics
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