Doc67 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 05, 2022 11:39 am Also, tragically, the curling

…because you enjoy watching a couple of scrubbers chasing someone’s stones along the sheets?

not watching
BUT hopeful, someone, anyone there will make a statement in protest

Clutch Cargo wrote: ↑Sat Feb 05, 2022 7:38 pm I def won't be watching. Aussie athletes should be boycotting it imho after the CCP boycotted Aussie products. Send them an equal message.

Now I know some will say sport shouldn't be politicised. Well sorry, I think it already is with gov funding with a view to national prestige..

Perhaps some who say as much would openly flaunt the contrary, as well? On Uyghur athlete, Dinigeer Yilamujiang:

"The 20-year-old cross country skier was one of the two athletes lighting the Olympic cauldron — which was actually a giant snowflake — Friday night at the opening ceremony for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

She appeared in headlines around the world as a symbol of the Uyghur people, who accuse the Chinese government of human rights violations. Choosing Yilamujiang was seen as an overtly political move which brought even more attention to the Uyghurs in the wake of diplomatic boycotts by the United States and other nations.

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While Yilamujiang is arguably the most scrutinized cross country skier at the moment, she placed 43rd among 62 finishers as Therese Johaug of Norway won the first gold medal of these Olympics. Yilamujiang finished 5 minutes and 57 seconds behind Johaug."

https://www.infobae.com/aroundtherings/ ... s-a-skier/