BOYCOTT GAMES: 1980 U.S. team finds overdue recognition

FILE - In this June 21, 1980, file photo, Edwin Moses, gold medal winner in 1976 in Montreal, coasts to an easy victory in the 400 intermediate hurdles as the 1980 Olympic trials in Eugene, Ore,. While the fact that Moses was denied a chance at a medal in 1980 is only a footnote to his career, he has spent the last several months organizing reunions for the 1980 team. (AP Photo/File)

FILE - In this Feb. 1, 1980, file photo, President Jimmy Carter pauses during the beginning of his speech in Washington, to a national conference on physical fitness and sports to applaud the efforts of the U.S. Olympic Committee's stand on the Moscow Olympics. (AP Photo/Mark Wilson, File)

FILE - In this April 4, 1980, file photo, Anita DeFrantz, spokeswoman for the U.S. Olympic Committee's Athletes Advisory Council, flanked by Larry Hough, left, and Fred Newhouse right, answers questions for reporters outside the White House in Washington, after White House officials rejected a proposal that would have allowed American athletes to compete at the summer Olympic Games in Moscow. (AP Photo/File)

FILE - In this July 1980, a statue of Lenin sits outside of Lenin Stadium, main stadium for the 1980 Summer Olympic Games in Moscow., (AP Photo/File)

FILE - In this July 19, 1980, file photo, a giant image of Misha, the Russian bear mascot of the 1980 Moscow Summer Olympic Games, greets athletes standing on the field of Moscow's Lenin Stadium during opening ceremonies of the competitions in Moscow. The image was created by 3,500 card-bearers. Overhead burns the Olympic flame. (AP Photo/File)