COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — It was a decision that robbed hundreds of athletes of their once-in-a-lifetime chance at Olympic glory, and for more than four decades, it weighed heavily on the ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — It was a decision that robbed hundreds of athletes of their once-in-a-lifetime chance at Olympic glory, and for more than four decades, it weighed heavily on the ...

Mills, at one time an Olympic-caliber wrestler, was stung by Carter’s decision to boycott the 1980 Olympics. “At the time, I would’ve given anything in the world to be locked in a wrestling ...

A tough decision for Jimmy Carter, a lost chance of a lifetime for many athletes. Members of the 1980 U.S. team recall hopes blighted by the Moscow Olympics boycott.

Forty-four years later, it’s even more apparent President Jimmy Carter made the wrong decision to call for a U.S. boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics.

Carter reflected on 1980 Olympic boycott: ‘A bad decision’ It was a decision that robbed hundreds of athletes of their once-in-a-lifetime chance at Olympic glory ...

Of the 474 athletes who had qualified for the team in 1980, 227 would not get another chance to compete in the Olympic Games. Many athletes told stories of meeting Carter at a White House visit in ...

Of the 474 athletes who had qualified for the team in 1980, 227 would not get another chance to compete in the Olympic Games. Many athletes told stories of meeting Carter at a White House visit in ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — It was a decision that robbed hundreds of athletes of their once-in-a-lifetime chance at Olympic glory, and for more than four decades, it weighed heavily on the ...