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Loggerdon t1_jdufmg1 wrote

Reply to comment by yoloismymiddlename in Mexico hopes to host Summer Olympics in 2036 or 2040. by PrincessBananas85

I knew a guy named Sasha who was a rower for the Polish team. He at the 1968 Mexico City Games when they killed all those Israeli athletes. He was in the building across and could see right into the window where they were.

That said I thought the US, Canada and Mexico were supposed to apply together? They would not build new but would use existing stadiums (8 in the US, 4 in Mexico and 2 in Canada?, or something like that?)

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Noirradnod t1_jdz7wql wrote

That was in Munich in 1972, not Mexico City in 1968.

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Loggerdon t1_jdz83vh wrote

Whoops you are right. Sasha competed in 3 Olympics, including Munich (and Mexico City). When I knew him he was almost 70 and still had a back that was like a "V" (like a muscle man).

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