45 years ago today, July 19, 1980 (June 8, 1980, the much-boycotted 22nd Olympic Games opened. Cuban boxer Stevenson won three consecutive Olympic gold medals in 1972, 1976 and 1980. Due to the Soviet army's invasion of Afghanistan and violation of international norms, he was opposed by the world and condemned by public opinion. Many countries and regions openly boycotted and refused to participate in the Moscow Olympics, and in the end only 81 teams participated. At the entrance ceremony, 16 teams replaced their national flags with the Olympic five-ring flag, and 10 teams entered with only one flag-bearer. Due to Canada's boycott of the Olympics, the mayor of Montreal did not attend the handover ceremony and only sent representatives to hand over the five-ring flag to the city of Moscow. Various scenes diluted the warm atmosphere at the venue and cast a shadow on the development of the Olympic Movement. In the men's event, Dombrosky of the Democratic Republic of Germany won the long jump with 8.54 meters. Although this result is far from the world record of Beymon, it is already the best result in the world since 1964. His teammate Sirpinsky became the second person to win the marathon championship after Beckiela. Good news also came out in the bicycle race that 10 people broke the world record. Among them, the Democratic Republic of Germany's Thoms set the best result in the 1000-meter time trial since 1964. The Soviet gymnastics team, led by veteran Andreanov and rookie Ji Jiaying, regained the podium of the team championship. Ji Jiaying alone won 8 medals (3 golds, 4 silvers, and 1 bronze), while Andreanov became the player with the most medals in Olympic history with 2 golds, 4 silvers, and 1 bronze medals in this Olympic Games (15 medals). Due to the absence of strong players such as the United States, certain events in swimming and track and field have been greatly affected. The situation in women's competition is different. Since the Democratic Republic of Germany, the Soviet Union and other Eastern European countries have always dominated, the impact of the boycott has been small. Koch won 1 gold and 1 silver for the GDR in the 400-meter and 4x400-meter relays. From 1977 to 1985, she won the World Cup and World Championships successively, setting world records in 200-meter, 400-meter running and relay events 16 times. She has also been named the World's Best Athlete of the Year many times. Krauser is another famous swimmer after Ender. At this Olympics, she broke four world and Olympic records in the 100-meter, 200-meter, and 4x100-meter freestyle events. Add three more gold medals to the Democratic Republic of Germany. Due to opposition from the United States, the closing ceremony violated the usual practice and did not raise the flag of the next host, the United States, and replaced it with the flag of the City of Los Angeles. Daly Thompson won the gold medal. In July 1980, he won the first decathlon gold medal in British history at the Moscow Olympics. Soviet gymnast Andreanov, who combined 15 Olympic medals, Soviet figure skater Irina Rodina won the podium of the Olympic pairs skating championship three consecutive times (1972, 1976, and 1980).