IOC pays tribute to Israeli victims of 1972 Munich Games massacre

IOC president Thomas Bach led a mourning ceremony Wednesday for the 11 Israeli athletes and coaches slain at the 1972 Munich Olympics — a tribute that a widow of one of the victims said brought “closure” for the families. Bach, his voice cracking with emotion, read out of the names of each of the 11 […]

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