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Archive Home > 2008 > June > 28 > Athletes who missed 1980 Olympics still wonder what might have been

Athletes who missed 1980 Olympics still wonder what might have been

By Anne M. Peterson / The Bulletin
June 28, 2008

EUGENE — Some athletes remember it as the “Trials to Nowhere.”

It was 1980, the last time the U.S. Olympic trials were held in Eugene. But those who placed atop their events never got to compete as Olympians.

President Carter boycotted the Moscow Olympics that year....

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