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Which Olympic team was forced to sell coffee to raise funds for the Games?

In 1932, due to the Great Depression, the Brazilian government was unable to find money to send athletes to the Los Angeles Olympics. The solution was to put a delegation of 82 athletes on a ship with coffee and force them to sell it on their way to America. Upon arrival at the port of San Pedro, the athletes were faced with the requirement of his administration to pay a dollar for each disembarked. Since there was not enough money for everyone, only those who had a chance for a medal were released from the ship. Then the ship sailed to San Francisco, sold more coffee there, returned and landed some more athletes, but 15 Brazilian Olympians never made it to Los Angeles.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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