Posted on 09/22/2017 10:37:49 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
France, Germany and Austria all threaten to stay away from the South Korean 2018 Winter Olympics over security fears sparked by Kim Jong-un
Three countries revealed they could avoid games if security situation worsened
Absence of the leading winter sports powers would be hammer blow to games
Pyeongchang Olympics will take place just 50 miles from North-South border
By Rory Tingle For Mailonline
PUBLISHED: 19:27 BST, 22 September 2017 | UPDATED: 20:06 BST, 22 September 2017
Austria, Germany and France have threatened to stay away from the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea amid security fears over the nuclear-armed North.
Winter Olympics powerhouse Austria also revealed it could stay away from the Pyeongchang Games next February if security concerns deepened.
France's Sports Minister Laura Flessel said yesterday: 'If this gets worse and we do not have our security assured, then our French team will stay here.'
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No, that was a boycott in protest of the Russian invasion of Afghanistan in 1979.
A lot of people forget that African countries boycotted the 1976 Montreal Olympics, because New Zealand was allowed in, despite having their Rugby team playing a game in South Africa.
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