美国奥委会拒绝通过斯诺登抵制奥运会

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　　U.S. Olympic Committee spokesman Patrick Sandusky said in a statement that a boycott only harms the athletes.

　　"If there are any lessons to be learned from the American boycott of 1980, it is that Olympic boycotts² do not work," said Sandusky. "Our boycott of the 1980 Olympic Games did not contribute to a successful resolution of the underlying³ conflict. It did, however, deprive hundreds of American athletes, all whom had completely dedicated⁴ themselves to representing our nation at the Olympic Games, of the opportunity of a lifetime."

　　Senator Lindsey Graham suggested a boycott of the Winter Games in Sochi in a published interview Tuesday, to send a message to Moscow after Snowden sought temporary asylum⁵ in Russia.

　　The United States led the boycott of 1980 Moscow Olympics and four years later, the Soviet⁶ Union boycotted⁷ the Los Angeles Games.

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