How did the political climate affect the 1992 Winter Olympics?

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The Albertville 1992 Olympic Winter Games took place shortly after the breakup of the Soviet Union. Athletes from former Soviet republics competed as the Unified Team, and the German squad was reunited after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia competed as independent countries for the first time in more than 50 years.