Frida Ghitis : Most chilling moment at an Olympics occurred in the 1972 Munich Games . The Soviet Union won gold, but it was a close race between East and West. A dozen Israeli athletes were taken hostage and murdered in an act of terrorism . She says IOC officials claim -- falsely -- that they would never mix politics with the games . Ghitis : Examples of politicization of the Olympics abound . It 's a travesty that the IOC refuses to mark the 40th anniversary of that dark day .
Frida Ghitis : Most chilling moment at an Olympics occurred in the 1972 Munich Games . The Soviet Union won gold, but it was a close race between East and West. A dozen Israeli athletes were taken hostage and murdered in an act of terrorism . She says IOC officials claim -- falsely -- that they would never mix politics with the games . Ghitis : It 's a travesty that the IOC refuses to mark the 40th anniversary of that dark day .