Top 10 loudest political statements at the Olympics

Here’s a quick slideshow recap of some of the most memorable intersections of politics and the Olympics, courtesy of the New York Daily News.

The massacre in Munich is number one, natch. I’m partial to Tommie Smith and John Carlos raising their begloved fists during the US national anthem on the podium in Mexico City in 1968.

Smith and Carlos protesting the national anthem

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