Chinese diplomat said about damage to athletes from US diplomatic boycott of the Olympics

"The so-called boycott (of the Olympics by the United States. -

) is detrimental to the interests of athletes and winter sports enthusiasts," Minche quoted TASS as saying.

According to him, this boycott is a desecration of the sacred Olympic spirit.

Earlier it became known that the United States will arrange a diplomatic boycott of the Olympic Games in China in connection with the "violation of human rights."

Later, the International Olympic Committee commented on the diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics in Beijing by the US government.