the United States and the USSR, the Olympics became a very influential way for the countries to show their power and dominance over one another. The five defining moments that the Olympics had on the Cold War included: the 1969 world ice hockey championships, the 1972 Summer Olympics men's basketball gold medal game, the 1980 "miracle on ice" game between the USSR and United States, the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott by the United Stated, and finally the 1984 Summer Olympics boycott by the USSR.…
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