Poland

Sports should be apolitical. It should promote the values of the Olympic movement, said Andrzej Krasnicki, president of the Polish Olympics Committee.

"The Beijing Olympics will be wonderful, beautiful and well organized," Krasnicki said. "I wish all participants of the Olympics and organizers the opportunity to implement this wonderful event under extremely difficult conditions for the development of world sport."

Saying that some politicians in the United States have fomented the boycott of the Beijing Games, the Olympic veteran aligned himself with the IOC and the Olympic movement.

"Sport and politics are two important but different issues. We want (sport) to be apolitical and we want sport to promote the values of the Olympic movement," he said.