5.How can countries make a commercial profit from holding the Games?
6.What does the term ‘survive’ in this context mean?
7.What does the phrase ‘political platform’ in this context mean?
The games have also become politically important. They can now be seen by nearly every country in the world and are therefore an ideal platform for political statements. When Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan in 1980, many countries in the West boycotted the Moscow Games. In 1984 some countries decided not to send teams to the Los Angeles Games because they felt there was not enough security and that they were too commercial.