DENVER (AP) — Concerned with Russia’s new anti-gay laws, leaders at the U.S. Olympic Committee are in discussions with the International Olympic Committee and the U.S. State Department to ensure the safety of athletes at the Sochi Olympics.
In a letter to Olympic constituents, USOC CEO Scott Blackmun wrote that because the Russian law is new “we do not know how and to what extent (it) will be enforced” during the Olympics.
But he said the safety and security of American athletes is always a primary concern.
He referenced the Olympic Charter, which prohibits any form of discrimination, and said the USOC will gather as much information as it can to pass on to its athletes, and other Americans traveling to Russia, in the coming months.
