The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Senior member Dick Pound said he did not regret China chosen to host 2022 winter games despite international reactions to human rights records.
The United States, Canada, England and Australia are among countries that have recently announced diplomatic boycott NL1N2ST03V from the February 4-20 February Games, called China “political posture.” “In the sense of having a host country that can arrange and wear excellent games from the perspective of the game, there is absolutely nothing wrong with China,” said the pound to Radio Deutschlandfunk Germany.
“This is a very good and very organized country.” The pound reaffirms IOC’s attitude that he has no role to be played in bringing political change in any country.
“You must make sense about the healthy expectations of a relatively small organization,” he said about IOC.
“When we provide games to a country, we don’t do it as an indication that we support the country’s political goals.” It was done on the basis of the importance of the state as a nation of sports and its ability to organize.
Games at the level that are now expected by the world of genocide.
China denies all human rights violations.
“The organizing committee has provided that there will be a guarantee that there will be freedom of speech for athletes,” added the pound.
Athletes will still have to obey the IOC rules that they cannot protest during sports events or medal ceremonies.