Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Wasannin Olympics na Rome na 1960 sun ga Amurkawa sun rasa ikon su na wasanni masu nasara na al'ada, irin su waƙa da filin da kuma nauyi. A gefe guda kuma, dambe, iyo (inda Amurkawa suka lashe lambobin zinare 9, yayin da aka hana su zinare a cikin mita 100 na kyauta, duk da nuna mafi kyawun lokaci), da kokawa sun samar da kyakkyawan sakamako, wanda ya taimaka wajen rama abin da aka rasa a wasu wasanni. A wasan tsere, Soviets sun lashe zinare 11, daya ne kawai ya rage ga Amurkawa. Yana da kyau a ambaci cewa tawagar Amurka ta fuskanci matsaloli da yawa a duk lokacin da suka hadu, kamar yadda aka yi jayayya da rashin cancantar tawagar 'yan wasan maza 4x100 da suka lashe lambar zinare.
Ka yi haƙuri. A wasan motsa jiki, Soviets, tare da taimakon shirye-shiryen doping na zamani, sun ci biyar daga cikin wasanni bakwai, suna barin Amurka da zinare daya kawai. Zinare 10 na Soviet a cikin wasan motsa jiki ba su ba kowa mamaki ba, kamar yadda al'ummar ta kasance cibiyar motsa jiki ta motsa jiki, amma hakan yana nufin cewa Soviets sun doke Amurkawa a matsayin lambar yabo don wasannin bazara na biyu a jere. Koyaya, ƙungiyar ƙwallon kwando ta Amurka ta sadu da abubuwan da ake tsammani kafin gasar kuma ta sami lambar zinare ta biyar a jere, babban abin al'ajabi, saboda dole ne su yi gasa da tsofaffin ƙwararrun daga USSR. Sakamakon karshe, zinare 43 da jimillar lambobin yabo 103 ga Soviets zuwa zinare 34 da jimillar lambobin yabo 71 ga Amurkawa, sun nuna cewa Amurka ba ta da iko a gasar Olympics.