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The
Games of the XXI Olympiad held in Montreal were opened by queen Elizabeth
II and were taken very high security measures in order to avoid tragic
events. The efforts made by Canadian organizers were huge for that time:
1,5 billion dollars. The African countries were a notable absence as
they protested the fact that New Zealand's national rugby team had toured
South Africa and New Zealand was scheduled to compete in the Olympics.
The hero of the Montreal Games was gymnast Nadia Comaneci, 14 years
old from a little town in Romania, who obtained a perfect score of 10,
for the first time in the gymnastics history. The
Japanese women’s volleyball team won all their matches in straightsets,
Klaus Dibiasi, from Italy, earned
his third straight gold medal in platform |
diving, Viktor Saneyev, from Soviet Union, won his third triple jump gold
and Irena Szewinska, from Poland, winner of the 400m run, brought her
career total to seven medals. Alberto Juantorena, from Cuba, won gold
medals for 40m-800m, Miklos Nemeth, from Hungary, won the javelin throw
tobecome the first son of an athletics gold |
medalist to win the first title
and Clarence Hill, from Bermuda, earned a bronze medal in boxing’s
super-heavyweight division giving Bermuda the honor to be the least
populous nation ever to win a medal in the Olympic Games. The media
star of the Montreal Games was splendid gymnast Nadia Comaneci from
Romania. |
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