“No, I don’t support it, because I saw how President Jimmy Carter did it (talking about the boycott of the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow. -
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), and it was terrible.
It hits the athletes.
We are in a position to take much more powerful action.
I want to see US participation.
I think that the athletes will go and win all the gold, silver and bronze, "RIA Novosti quotes Trump with reference to an interview with Fox News.
President Joe Biden's administration will not send an official delegation to the Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Games.
At the same time, American athletes will be able to go to the Games.
The Winter Olympics in Beijing will be held from 4 to 20 February 2022.
Earlier, the president of the Russian Cross-Country Skiing Federation (FLGR) Elena Vyalbe said that she was indifferent to the US diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Olympics.