BBC News:
"The announcement made on Russian TV blamed the commercialisation of the games and a lack of security measures, which amounted to a violation of the Olympic charter."
"The Soviet Union accused the United States of using the games "for political purposes" and "stirring up anti-Soviet propaganda" and of having a "cavalier attitude to security of Russian athletes". "
'Consequences':
"The Russians' withdrawal will devalue the Los Angeles Games far more than the US boycott as it seems certain that top-class athletes from the Eastern Bloc will also be prevented from taking part. "
a record 140 nations did turn up - including China which had not taken part since 1932 - the level of competition was somewhat lopsided with the absence of so many world-class athletes.
As a result the USA won a record 83 gold medals."
SINGAPORE:
Should Singapore support any form of boycott in future Games?
No. Boycotting have many negative consequences, such as that when participating in boycotting our very own athletes can not participate in the most pretigious Games which only occur only once every 4 years.
For instance, Athletes have trained so hard for the day which they dreamt of bringing back medals for their country will be shattered just because we participate in boycotting.
Boycotting strain relationships between countries, and this will put Singapore at risk. This means that we are putting our national security at stake just by participating into any forms of boycott.
Singapore economy depends mainly on their ability to maintain good relationship with other countries. Olympics is about fostering friendship with other countries. Their act of boycott may not give singapore opportunity to excel in the economy due to weakened relationship.
In conclusion, we felt that Singapore should not participate in any forms of boycott.
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