 Ramba uchinyora ndima ino - Mitambo yeOlympic yeZhizha ya1980 muMoscow, guta guru reSoviet Union, ndiyo yaiva yokutanga kubatanidza makwikwi echikadzi echando. Makwikwi aya asati aitwa aifarirwa neAustralia, Netherlands neWest Germany, asi kurambidzwa kweMitambo yeOlympic kuMoscow kwakatungamirirwa neAmerica kwakaita kuti zvikwata izvi nezvimwe zvisiye, zvichisiya maSoviet chete mumutambo wevakadzi wehoki. Zviremera zveOlympic zveSoviet uye zvenyika yose zvakazadza nzvimbo dzakanga dzisina kukwana nokukoka zvikwata zvaibva kunyika dzakanga dzisina kukwanisa. Pakati pamarudzi akakokwa pakanga pane Zimbabwe, iyo yakanga yava nyika inozivikanwa munyika yose muna April 1980 pashure pemakore manomwe ehondo yavagari vemo. Moscow yakaratidza kudzoka kwenyika yekumaodzanyemba kweAfrica kumaOlympics mushure memakore gumi nematanhatu; seRhodesia yakanga isina kubatanidzwa mumitambo ya1968, 1972 na1976 nekuda kwezvikonzero zvematongerwo enyika zvichitevera kuziviswa kwerusununguko kubva kuBritain nehurumende yevachena muna 1965. Komiti yeOlympic yeZimbabwe yakagamuchira kokero yokutumira zvikwata zvehockey zvevarume nevakadzi kuMoscow musi wa 14 June 1980, mazuva 35 mitambo yeOlympic isati yatanga. Vakashamiswa chose chose - vakanga vasina kugadzirira zvikwata zvehockey zveMitambo yacho - asi zvisinei vakabvuma kutumira boka revakadzi. Hapana chikwata chevakadzi chehockey chakamirira nyika chakanga chambotamba mhiri kwemakungwa. 