And yes--for all you know-it-all's--Strug's magic moment came four years ago in Atlanta and has little bearing on NBC's rating woes in Sydney. Still, I'm bitter and just wanted to get it off my chest.
The 1988 Olympics in Seoul suffered from some of the same logistical and timing issues that now plague Sydney, but there was something different about those Games.
With boycotts of the Olympics in Moscow and Los Angeles, it was the first time that both the United States and the Soviet Union had competed face-to-face at a Summer Games in twelve years and that was the difference.
There was still hatred.
There was something to prove.
And there was someone to beat.
It was us vs. them, and there was a battle to be won or lost.
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