Sports Showdown: 11 Politically Charged Olympic Games

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1984 Summer Olympics – Los Angeles, USA

1984 Summer Olympics - Los Angeles

The Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, Calif., where part of the 1984 Summer Olympics.
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Denise Chow
Denise Chow
Live Science Contributor

Denise Chow was the assistant managing editor at Live Science before moving to NBC News as a science reporter, where she focuses on general science and climate change. Before joining the Live Science team in 2013, she spent two years as a staff writer for Space.com, writing about rocket launches and covering NASA's final three space shuttle missions. A Canadian transplant, Denise has a bachelor's degree from the University of Toronto, and a master's degree in journalism from New York University.