Dee ihe ọzọ maka paragraf a - Egwuregwu na 1968 Mexico City egwuregwu na-emetụta ịdị elu nke obodo nnabata. Egwuregwu nke 1968 webatakwara Fosbury flop nke zuru ụwa ọnụ ugbu a, usoro nke mere ka onye America na-awụli elu Dick Fosbury nweta ihe nrite ọla edo. N'emume inye ndị nwoke ihe nrite n'ọsọ mita 200, ndị egwuregwu America ndị isi ojii bụ Tommie Smith (ọlaedo) na John Carlos (ọla kọpa) guzoro maka ikike ụmụ amaala site na ibuli aka ha na-eji oji na-eyi uwe ojii ma na-eyi sọks ojii kama akpụkpọ ụkwụ. Ndị IOC machibidoro ha iwu. Věra Čáslavská, na-eme ngagharị iwe megide mwakpo ndị Soviet duziri na 1968
nke Czechoslovakia na mkpebi arụmụka nke ndị ọka ikpe na Balance Beam na Floor, tụgharịrị isi ya ma pụọ na ọkọlọtọ Soviet mgbe abụ mba na-egwu n'oge emume nrite. Ọ lọtara n'ụlọ dị ka dike nke ndị Czechoslovak ma ndị ọchịchị Soviet chịrị ya mere ka ọ bụrụ onye a jụrụ ajụ.