— To travel into the United States in the days following Donald Trump’s ban on visitors from seven Muslim countries is to be immediately confronted by the faces of people it affects. The host city is to be chosen by the International Olympic Committee in September. This has already raised questions for many international competitors who live and train in the United States, in many cases because they attended U.S. schools on scholarship. Logistics aside, the Trump ban is also at odds with a pretty significant part of the Olympic spirit. Rami Amis, a Syrian refugee and Olympic swimmer, finished 40th in one event and 56th in another, but that wasn’t the point.

Source: National Post January 30, 2017 17:30 UTC