Many changes were ongoing within the country which directly impacted the national team. In the name of reorganizing sports as a whole, the athletic division was being huddled from one department to another. In an effort to bring some stability to such departments it was proposed that previous Olympians lend their expertise in running the new structure smoothly. As a result rather than participate in the 1968 Olympics, athletes in all sports spent their time running offices and shuffling paperwork.
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