Athletes from boycotted Moscow games get gold

[rainbowgirl28]

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Athletes from boycotted Moscow games get gold
Congressional Gold Medals finally awarded to 461 Olympians

US hurdler Edwin Moses was one of 461 athletes who missed out on the 1980 Moscow Games.
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DENVER - The 1980 U.S. Olympians who never had a chance to compete at the Moscow Games can finally say it: They are officially gold medalists.

But these aren’t Olympic medals. Rather, they’re Congressional Gold Medals that were awarded to the 461 Olympic athletes during the Carter administration but never officially recorded in the Congressional Record due to technical problems with the production of the medals.

“This is long overdue recognition for a group of Olympians who unfairly were denied the opportunity and honor of representing our country at the 1980 Games,â€Â

[gymnastsrock]

That's so cool! Very well-deserved.