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Top 5 Olympic Games Affected By Politics

Top 5 Olympic Games Affected By Politics
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VOICE OVER: Rebecca Brayton
The Olympic Games originated as a series of events within the various city-states of ancient Greece. Today, it's an international competition with athletes from all over the world competing in various sports. With the involvement of so many different people, countries and organizations, it's inevitable that politics would come into play. In this section of our Olympic series, http://www.WatchMojo.com learns about five Olympic Games that were affected by politics from Anastassios Anastassiadis of the Department of History and Classical Studies at McGill University.
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