Committee chief executive Sarash Hirshland, who acknowledged the "logistical complexities" and "ongoing political discussions," said 230 American athletes and 65 Paralympics will attend Beijing.
“We know these Games will be like no other,” Ms. Hirshland said on a conference call Friday after the USOPC board meeting in Salt Lake City.
"What is really important to us, and for which we feel we have a very strong sense of duty and obligation, is to educate and provide the delegation with a lot of information and to clarify the rules and regulations. laws of the country we are going to, as well as the IOC rules, the jurisdiction of the event itself, "said Hirshland, adding that Chinese laws" are clearly different from those in the United States. "
The United States announced in early December a diplomatic boycott of the Games because of human rights violations committed by China against the Uyghur Muslim minority in Xinjiang province.
The United Kingdom, Canada and Australia have followed suit with the United States.
China responded by warning Western nations partnering with it that they would "pay the price."
Concerns have also been raised in the sports world about tennis player Peng Shuai, who went without news for three weeks after she brought sexual assault charges against a former senior Chinese official.
In early December, the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) announced that it would suspend all its tournaments in China.
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