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US Athletes Reject Boycott of Beijing Games

Sporting trumps politics, even for sympathetic competitors

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 17, 2008 4:32 PM CDT

(Newser) – Many US athletes aren’t swayed by winds of boycott surrounding the Beijing Olympics, the Christian Science Monitor reports. “What's going on is important and we should pay attention to it,” says a 2004 gold medalist, but “we need to be athletes...   Read full story »

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