Trudeau and Crosby comment about Canada missing the Olympics
Sidney Crosby, the captain of Team Canada, is well aware that he might not be able to represent his country at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China.
"From my experience with this stuff, I try not to follow it too day-to-day," the two time gold medal Olympian told reporters over the weekend in Toronto. "It's a lot of different storylines, and a lot of different things could happen."
The NHL has until January 9th, 2022 to decide whether or not to participate in the games. Nations from all around the world are considering an outright boycott of the games, or at the absolute least, a diplomatic boycott in which athletes would attend but dignitaries would not.
President Joe Biden of the United States has already stated that his country may impose a diplomatic embargo, while Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confessed to reporters that he has given similar thought.
"There are an awful lot of athletes in Canada and around the world who have been training, focused on this very, very much," Trudeau said. "We're looking for a way to both be able to see them show their capacities and fulfil all the hard work that they've done for many years, while continuing to demonstrate our real concerns with the way the Chinese government has behaved."
Crosby is staying positive:
"Everyone feels pretty strongly they'd like to be there, but I try not to think too far ahead and get too caught up in it," he said. "Some of that stuff, you can't control. I'm preparing like we're going."
Credit: HockeyFeed
