Clear lines separate politics and Games, say worldwide committees

There are clear lines separating political debates and the Olympics which must be kept, the heads of the national constituents of the worldwide Olympic movement agreed in a general meeting in Beijing yesterday.

"Trying to ask athletes to solve the problems of the world is wrong," Peter Ueberroth, president of the United States National Olympic Committee (NOC), told China Daily on the sidelines of the three-day 16th General Assembly of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) that started yesterday.

The NOCs are responsible for organizing their respective countries' roles in the Games.