Sailing at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic courses. According to the IOC statutes the contests in all sport disciplines must be held either in, or as close as possible to the city which the IOC has chosen. Since Moscow was not a suitable place the Olympic Yachting Centre in Pirita Tallinn was constructed for the 1980 Olympic Sailing event. The 1980 Summer Olympics boycott of the Moscow Olympics was a part of a package of actions initiated by the United States to protest the Soviet–Afghan War. The Tallinn boycott influenced most sailing events. For example, in the Soling, the Canadian team of Bill Abbott, Jr., Bill
History of the Maccabiah Games built for the games. The fourth Maccabiah took place during Sukkot of 1953. The games ballooned to almost 2000 athletes from over 20 countries. Following the 4th Maccabiah, it was decided that the Maccabiah be held every four years like the Olympics to gain an olympic recognition. The games were then changed to take place quadrennially on the year following the Olympics - a change that's been in effect ever since. The most recent games, the 19th Maccabiah took place between July 18 to 30, 2013. The early Maccabiah games that took place in 1932 and 1935 served as a