"I think anything that is distracting from these Games is sad, right? she said. But we've learned over the many years that there's always been something that has taken the lead up to the Games, whether it has been Zika or Covid, there has always been something. But what is keeping my faith alive, is that when that opening ceremony happens and those athletes start competing, suddenly, the world remembers magic and the spirit that the Games have."
"However Kirsty Coventry, the IOC president, insisted that once the Games begin on Friday, their magic and spirit would take over. Coventry refused to comment directly on the protests in Milan against immigration and customs enforcement agents and said she hadn't spoken to Wasserman, who has apologised for flirty emails sent to Ghislaine Maxwell in 2003 when he was married, which only surfaced on Friday."
The International Olympic Committee acknowledged that the buildup to the Winter Olympics has been overshadowed by the deployment of ICE agents to Milan-Cortina and the appearance of Casey Wasserman in Epstein-related files. Kirsty Coventry said the Games' opening and athlete competition will refocus attention on the event's magic and spirit. Coventry declined to comment directly on protests against immigration and customs enforcement agents in Milan and said she had not spoken to Wasserman, who apologised for flirty emails that surfaced. Milan's mayor opposed ICE agents accompanying the US vice-president, and the IOC said it is monitoring media reports while concentrating on Milano-Cortina.
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