What the 1976 Montreal Games represent to those who boycotted it, 50 years later
- Nigerian sprinter Gloria Obajimi had just purchased a new camera at the Olympic Village when she learned she had an hour to pack up and leave the site of what was supposed to be her first Olympics: the 1976 Montreal Games.
- Barely 20 years old, Obajimi had spent two weeks prior to that news acclimatizing to Montreal.
- She says she felt “on top of the world,” mingling with athletes she had always looked up to and even being photographed for a couple of articles about life in the Village.
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- Nigerian sprinter Gloria Obajimi had just purchased a new camera at the Olympic Village when she learned she had an hour to pack up and leave the site of what was supposed to be her first Olympics: the 1976 Montreal Games.
- Barely 20 years old, Obajimi had spent two weeks prior to that news acclimatizing to Montreal.
- She says she felt “on top of the world,” mingling with athletes she had always looked up to and even being photographed for a couple of articles about life in the Village.
Sources: CBC