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Olympic oddballs

Less than three weeks before the 1956 Olympics, Soviet tanks rumbled through Budapest, ruthlessly crushing Hungary�s bid for democracy.

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DOUG GILLON

Less than three weeks before the 1956 Olympics, Soviet tanks rumbled through Budapest, ruthlessly crushing Hungary's bid for democracy. The Hungarian water polo squad was in a training camp, preparing for Melbourne.