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Article: Roundup: Olympic committees, athletes against Olympic boycott
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- April 13, 2008
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Roundup: Olympic committees, athletes against Olympic boycott
BEIJING, April 13 (Xinhua) -- Olympic Committee officials from
some countries have voiced their opposition to attempts at
boycotting the Beijing Olympic Games to be held in August this year.
Cuban Olympic Committee President Jose Ramon Fernandez reiterated
Saturday that Cuba rejects any attempts to boycott the Beijing
Olympic Games.
Cuba defends China's right to host the Olympics without any
pressure from outside, Fernandez said at the 4th Cuban Olympic Games
in Havana.
Pal Schmitt, president of the Hungarian Olympic Committee, said
boycott is no solution to the problems but will only jeopardize "the
world's largest cultural ...