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Official says Georgia will not boycott 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi

16 March 2013 09:56 (UTC +04:00)

“Georgia is a member of a big global Olympic family and it recognizes the Olympic Charter,” he said. “It’ll take part in the 2014 Games in Sochi.” A boycott of the Games “would deal a blow to the Georgian athletes but wouldn’t have any major impact either on Russia or on the Olympic movement.” “The previous authorities were doing everything in their power to bring about Georgia’s abstention from the Sochi Games while the new political leadership and the incumbent members of the NOC have done everything they could do to assure this country’s presence there,” Khabelov said.

Khabelov cited the preliminary data suggesting that seven Georgian athletes might be entered in the 2014 Olympic tournaments.