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US Olympics chief: Beijing Olympics boycott politically pointless May 14, 2021 Facebook Sarah Hirshland says the U.S. boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics did nothing to solve geopolitical issues, but it did stop 450 Americans from competing. DENVER — A boycott of next year’s Beijing Olympics will not solve any geopolitical issues with China and will only serve to place athletes training for the games under a “cloud of uncertainty,” the head of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee wrote to Congress on Thursday. CEO Sarah Hirshland sent the two-page letter that put a more official imprint on the long-held...
