US Olympic committee opposes boycott of 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

Permalink https://p.dw.com/p/3p7Zo Rights groups call for boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics The US has only boycotted one modern Olympics: the 1980 Summer Games in Moscow, Soviet Union, for their involvement in armed conflict in Afghanistan during the Cold War. “We believe such boycotts have not been effective in the past, particularly in 1980,” said Lyons. “Those boycotts only hurt athletes who have trained their entire lives for this opportunity to represent their country.” The 2022 Winter Olympics are scheduled to begin February 4 next year, just six months after the delayed Tokyo Summer Olympics. China under pressure China has come…