Posted by I smile a wry smile every time I see or hear talk of a boycott of the Winter Olympic Games because of the human rights situation in China and think they will be punishing China by doing so.
They are however completely wrong; the Games will still go ahead and the only people being punished will be the boycotting country’s own citizen athletes who have worked long and hard – 4 years or more for the hope of competing for a medal, or perhaps even a record-equalling medal or defense of a title.
I remember the 1980 Games in Moscow were to ‘punish’ the then regime several countries boycotted the Games with some countries leaving it up to the individual sports organizations to make the decision to go or not…
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