First official Olympic ceremony held in memory of Munich victims
The ceremony was held in the Place of Mourning, a memorial set up in the Olympic Village in Rio, two days prior to the opening ceremony of the 2016 Games.
ILANA ROMANO (left) and Ankie Spitzer – widows of two of the murdered Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics – attend yesterday’s memorial in Rio.(photo credit: REUTERS)ByALLON SINAIUpdated: