20 eerie photos that show what happened to Sarajevo's Olympic venues after the 1984 Games

Mon, 08/05/2024 - 15:37

The partially dismantled bobsleigh track which was damaged during past conflicts lies abandoned on Mount Trevevic, near Sarajevo on February 6, 2024, as Sarajevo begins marking the 40th anniversary of the XIV Winter Olympics. — The partially dismantled bobsleigh track which was damaged during past conflicts lay abandoned on Mount Trebevic, near Sarajevo on February 6, 2024.
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Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, hosted the Winter Olympics in 1984.
Not even a decade later, the city was ground zero in the war for Bosnian independence.
Forty years after the Games, many of the Olympic venues have remained abandoned.

Forty years ago, the Yugoslavian city of Sarajevo hosted the 1984 Winter Olympics. Many new structures were built, and the games were seen as something of a reunion since many countries had boycotted the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow.