2-time Olympic snowboarder calls for Team Canada boycott of Beijing 2022
Drew Neilson spent a good portion of his youth screaming down snowy slopes all over the world in pursuit of podiums. But now a decade into retirement, he says he can't help but speak out about the 2022 Beijing Olympics and the International Olympic Committee's willingness to partner with China, calling for a full Canadian boycott of the games. "I'm really disgusted. I don't even want to be called an Olympian anymore," he said from his home in North Vancouver. "The IOC recognizes ... human rights as enshrined both in the fundamental principles of the Olympic Charter and the code of ethics, and they say the IOC takes this responsibility very seriously. But do they?"