THE WORST TRAGEDY IN MODERN OLYMPIC HISTORY VS. SOCCER WAR

As I started reading about the description of the Soccer War, I got really interested in knowing if this was the only historical event where sports and violence were both connected.
I found out 3 years after the Soccer War happened, a terrible massacre caused by political differentiations, was set in Germany in the year of 1972. Most Germans hoped the Munich Games in 1972 would at least in some way help to heal the racial wounds caused by Hitler.
On the morning of September 5, with six days left in the Games, the worst tragedy in Olympic history hit. “Eight Arab terrorists stormed into the Olympic village and raided the apartment building that housed the Israeli contingent. Two Israeli athletes were killed and nine more were seized as hostages. They demanded the release of over 200 Palestinians serving time in Israeli jails, along with two renowned German terrorists.” (Munich, n.pag)

As we can see both events were determined by political conflicts that existed beyond the sport. They integrated much more actors and historical tensions between different countries. In both examples, athletes paid the price of conflicts that existed even before they stepped on the field.