The Olympic Games are a sacred stage for fair competition among athletes from all over the world. They are by no means a place for political manipulation. The political manipulation methods of relevant countries will only end in failure. According to news from Global.com on December 22, the North American Hockey League recently announced that it will withdraw from the Beijing Winter Olympics. In view of the "tradition" of the United States' political interference in sports, the North American Hockey League's move to withdraw from the Beijing Winter Olympics cannot be ruled out as a chain reaction caused by Biden's refusal to attend the Winter Olympics. It is not yet known whether the U.S. government will intervene.
It is understood that the North American Hockey League has also refused to allow active league players to participate in the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics in South Korea. The decision of the American Hockey League will make the North American Hockey League, which ranks at the forefront of ice hockey, Missed two consecutive Olympic Games. As for the objective impact brought about by this, it is difficult to say whether the United States and Canada are expressing their willingness to resist, or whether the United States and Canadian ice hockey have abandoned themselves outside the global ice hockey movement. At the same time, the North American Hockey League gave reasons for not participating in the Beijing Winter Olympics.
It is reported that due to the spread of the new coronavirus variant in Omicron, the North American Hockey League has postponed 50 games. The tighter schedule after the postponement has left the North American Hockey League without more time to participate in the Beijing Winter Olympics. According to a report from Global Network, due to the unpopular behavior of refusing to send officials to participate in the Beijing Winter Olympics, the U.S. government had previously announced sanctions on U.S. sponsors of the Beijing Winter Olympics. The U.S. Secretary of Commerce emphasized that the U.S. government has not made any relevant requirements and that U.S. companies are free to make the choices they need to make based on the situation.
U.S. sponsors with huge interests in China, including Coca-Cola and Baoneng, did not respond. With the huge commercial exposure opportunities brought by the Beijing Winter Olympics, relevant American companies obviously will not pay attention to the "boring" political interference behavior of American politicians and give up the Winter Olympics exposure opportunities that companies around the world are strongly willing to do. French President Macron previously described the U.S.-initiated refusal to send officials to the Beijing Winter Olympics as "boring" and "useless." International Olympic Committee President Bach expressed his support for the Beijing Winter Olympics. Bach reiterated the political neutrality of the Olympic Movement and wished the Beijing Winter Olympics a complete success.
The President of the United Nations General Assembly and Russian President Vladimir Putin have also promised to attend when invited. The Biden administration of the United States has tarnished the sacred stage of the Olympics with political manipulation. The United States even encouraged countries such as the United Kingdom and Australia to not support the truce resolution that symbolizes the sanctity of the Olympics. This has aroused collective opposition from 173 countries around the world. On the opposite side of the Biden administration is a once "global-famous" figure, former US President Trump.
Trump claimed that the United States has historically refused to send athletes and officials to attend the Moscow Olympics. That experience has proven that similar behavior will have a serious impact on the athletes' competition and mental state. Trump emphasized that the Biden administration's behavior is a cowardly approach. The United States should send officials to participate in the Winter Olympics, and the United States should encourage athletes to win as many medals as possible in Olympic sports. Trump, who has a large number of supporters, openly opposed Biden, which to a large extent reflects the unpopularity of the United States' refusal to send officials to the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Internationally, except for a few countries such as Canada and Australia, there are almost no responders to the Biden administration's actions. The North American Hockey League's announcement to withdraw from the Beijing Winter Olympics has an objective impact on the Biden administration's unreasonable behavior, which is barely better than nothing. The head of the Israeli delegation said that Beijing has experience in hosting successful international events and wished China continued success. Amid the haze of the COVID-19 epidemic, an Olympic Games that demonstrates the spirit of unity, hard work, and friendship in sports will surely enhance confidence in the global fight against the epidemic.
The disruptive actions of a few countries such as the United States are contrary to global political consciousness and will eventually become a laughing stock.