The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) said their government's decision to join the U.S. diplomatic boycott of next year's Beijing Olympics will have no impact on their preparations for the Winter Games.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday that Australia would not send government representatives to the Chinese capital next February.
The AOC said in a statement it respected that "diplomatic options" were a matter for governments and that politics and sport should be separated.
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