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Or medal ceremonies. iv e ive been speaking to noah hoffman, a former us cross country skier. he worries about what might happen to athletes who are vocal while in china. well, despite the assurances that you just mentioned from the ioc, we have seen through their actions in regards to the peng shuai case that, when it comes to anything where an athlete is pitted against the chinese authorities, the ioc will pick the chinese authorities and work with the chinese authorities to the detriment of t...

Open, but they are saying that looking at the developments today, theyre feeling hopeful. of course, at the moment, secondary schools across the country remained barred for girls except for a few provinces. on that front, the taliban have been saying that when spring term opens in march, girls will be allowed to go back to secondary schools as well. now to this years winter olympics in beijing, where the torch relay is under way. with the authorities tightening their grip across chinese society,...

When three-time Olympian Gus Kenworthy took the remarkable, perhaps even brave decision to speak out against "human rights atrocities" while still in China at the Winter Games, the self-proclaimed "loud and obnoxious" British skier also proved that other athletes, had they chosen, perhaps could have used their Olympic platform to pipe up, too.

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ZHANGJIAKOU, China--When three-time Olympian Gus Kenworthy took the remarkable, perhaps even brave decision to speak out against “human rights atrocities” while still in China at the Winter Games, the self-proclaimed “loud and obnoxious” British skier also proved that other athletes, had they chosen, perhaps could have used their Olympic platform to pipe up, too.

ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — When three-time Olympian Gus Kenworthy took the remarkable, perhaps even brave decision to speak out against “human rights atrocities” while still in China at the Winter Games, the self-proclaimed "loud and obnoxious” British skier also proved that other athletes, had they chosen, perhaps could have used their Olympic platform to pipe up, too.

At the Winter Games, host China succeeded in squelching public discussion by athletes of its human rights record