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Those evil protesters
Is the president of the IOC ignorant, hypocrite or both?
Caught between an outpouring of activism and an offended Chinese government, the top Olympic official condemned protesters disrupting the torch relay and insisted the Beijing Games won’t be derailed.
“Politics invited itself in sports,” Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee, said in an interview Tuesday. “We didn’t call for politics to come.”
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In the interview at his Beijing office, Mr. Rogge walked a fine line between declaring the Olympics above politics and describing the positive changes in China he believes the Games have brought. China’s move to allow some 25,000 foreign media unfettered access is “unprecedented” and a “revolution,” he said.