Political issues should be put aside and competitors should have the chance to realise their dreams.
'The only thing a boycott would produce is disappointment for all the athletes who would have their chance of Olympic success ended by political issues'
The Olympics are the biggest sporting spectacle in the world. Watched by billions, the Games are an incredible array of sporting superstars all looking for glory and a gold medal to boot.
The Olympics need so much planning and organising and logistics to be in place that the host nation is announced many years before they actually take place to allow countries to develop their sports arenas, equipment and infrastructure.
The Olympics are not just about sport. They're about hotels, TV, media and people! You don’t get a true sense of how big the Olympics are until you see them with your own eyes. Recently, on a trip to Munich, I walked around the Olympic Park, and although mainly desolate now I could still feel the atmosphere, and when entering the pool arena, the feeling was even stranger.
As an adopted Londoner, the constant news coverage on TV and the development of the Stratford area into an Olympic Village just shows the huge importance of these games to both London 2012 and the world as a whole. The Olympics are for everyone to enjoy and view.
I love the two weeks during the Olympics. I’m so patriotic and just love British success. Hopefully this year we will have even more success. The chance to view sports that usually don't get much TV coverage such as sailing, archery, badminton and canoeing to name but a few, is brilliant. As long as there is a Brit I can support then I don't care what sport it is. I will watch, my eyes glued to the television.
Olympics can be disastrous for sleeping patterns though! The time differences between countries means I am often up all night or setting my alarm for the athletics finals or swimming heats - but it’s only for two and a bit weeks so, hey, who cares. How many people will ring in to work and say they're sick to stay in bed and watch their favourite sports! Quite a few I think!
There has been much media coverage in Beijing, China, leading up to the Games which start in August. The problems with human right issues in the country has caused problems around the world and the pollution aspect has also caused concerns for athletes.
Steven Spielberg pulled out of the creation of the opening ceremony for the Games, as he couldn't work in a country which had such a bad human rights record, defending the Sudanese government over the problems in Darfur. But why bring up all these problems now, just a few months before the Games are due to start?
It's great that the Olympics can bring these issues into the public arena, but an Olympic boycott would not solve anything. The only thing a boycott would produce is disappointment for all the athletes who would have their chance of Olympic success ended by political issues.
Many athletes have trained all their lives for the chance to compete at these huge events and try to win a medal or at least reach a final. Sport stars plan there whole careers on training plans for World Championships and Olympic Games - so I feel a boycott would be disastrous for sport.
Remember sport is just that - Sport. It should not be used as a political weapon to change China's human rights issues. If people didn't want the Olympics to take place in the country then it should have been discussed when the original voting took place years ago.
China is not a new country and neither are its political views. If the world should boycott the Olympics in 2008 in Beijing then maybe we should all boycott the London 2012 games for all the problems that we, as a nation, cause around the world! Pollution is a problem across the world and not just in China. I'm sure two weeks won't kill anyone - excuse the pun.
I am not a politician so I can't comment from that stance. However what I can comment on is that we should not mix sport with politics. Boycotts have happened before by various nations and it is just not good for the world of sport.
The Olympics deserve to have the best athletes fighting it out for medals and if boycotts occur then this is not going to happen. Let's sit down on the sofa with the remote control and watch the worlds best doing what they do best.
Let's enjoy the moment and leave the politics until afterwards. On a personal note, I can't wait for the Olympics to start and will be sad once they end. However with 2012 just around the corner I can watch the development of London and hope for British success on a big scale!
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