Loyal allies of the USA Nicolas Sarkozy and Donald Tusk called on the west to boycott the Olympics in Beijing due to events in Tibet. As mouthpieces for the Americans, the leaders of France and Poland initiated the game with China, using sport as a means of gaining political dividends. The west itself, in recognizing Kosovo, has brought the Olympic movement to a chasm. Once again, sport is taken hostage by politics while the athletes, and the fans, suffer.
http://www.pravda.ru/world/28-03-2008/261223-sochi-0
