Column: Olympic boycott chatter shouldn't go any further

FILE - Lenin Stadium, the main stadium for the 1980 Moscow Summer Olympic Games and a Lenin statue are shown in this July, 1980 file photo. Just to hear chatter in the nation’s capital about a possible boycott of the Winter Olympics in China had to be enough to alarm athletes already deep in preparation for the games. The United States and 65 other countries boycotted the Moscow Olympics. (AP Photo/File)

FILE - Edwin Moses attends the Laureus Fashion Show Gala in New York, in this Sept. 10, 2019, file photo. Just to hear chatter in the nation’s capital about a possible boycott of the Winter Olympics in China had to be enough to alarm athletes already deep in preparation for the games. ``For an Olympic athlete a boycott is an absolute tragedy,’’ track great Edwin Moses said. ``We only get that one shot every four years.’’ Moses hasn’t run in an Olympics since 1988, though he’s got a unique insight into boycotts. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)