The Olympics probably begin in a little over three weeks. So we’re three weeks to a festival of superpower sportswashing, authoritarian pandemic management and a Games that probably shouldn’t be. Wednesday, the most high-profile international sports athlete advocate organization, Global Athlete, directly accused the International Olympic Committee of failing to protect athletes. We went back and forth with (over 300 Olympic) athletes, and at one point we were calling for a postponement. Because there’s more solidarity and more confident numbers, and more people are exposing what’s going on and why it’s not in the (best) interest for sport, or for athletes.”The Olympics probably start in three weeks.

Source: thestar January 13, 2022 11:01 UTC