Voicethread+Storyboard+Atlanta+controversies+3


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 * [[image:2046663305_e486204e25_m.jpg]] || Everyone was happy that the 1996 Olympics were going to be held in Atlanta. It is one of the most prestigious sporting events in the world. This would put Atlanta in a good position. Muhammad Ali lit the opening torch and participated in the opening ceremonies. One of the controversies before it began was that some people thought that the Olympics were getting too commercialized. For the first time ever, there would be no government sponsoring. The Olympics would be paid for by major corporate sponsors like Coca-Cola. ||  ||   ||   ||
 * [[image:50379141_29fa7658d9_m.jpg]] || One of the problems that happened during the Olympics was the bombing in Centennial Park. There was one death and over 100 casualties. People left memorials for the woman who died during the bombing. It went off during the festivities, so the explosion was actually caught on camera. A police officer named Richard Jewell found the suspicious looking bag and was going to get some other officers to inspect it, when it exploded. Eric Rudolph, the bomber, said that he did it because the U.S. government had recently legalized abortion. He said that abortion was evil. His plan was to ruin the Olympics and embarrass the United States government. ||
 * [[image:2314233977_3cf76dc8ce_m.jpg]] || Another controversy during and after the Olympics was the Michelle Smith de Bruin swimming scandal. It was found out in 1998, two years after the Olympics, that she had used alcohol to mask the traces of steroids in her urine during the routine drug test before her race. There were even suspicions from the start. People wondered how her times had increased so dramatically so late in her career. After it was discovered, she was stripped of her three gold medals. Her home country of Ireland was devastated after this event, since she was the first woman from Ireland to win a gold medal in swimming. ||