December 6, 2021

OTTAWA — International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound says diplomatic boycotts of the Beijing winter games are unlikely to make much of an impact.

“That’s a way that governments can signal their disapproval of whatever the particular Chinese policies may be — whether it makes any difference to the Chinese is anybody's guess. I would say, basically, no,” Pound, a Canadian and former vice-president of the IOC, told POLITICO on Friday.

“Kind of by default, everyone's backing into a position that the athletes will go, the games will go on and the relationships with China will take their course.”

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