FILE PHOTO: Medals Ceremony - Alpine Skiing - Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics - Women's Downhill - Medals Plaza - Pyeongchang, South Korea - February 21, 2018 - Gold medalist Sofia Goggia of Italy on the podium. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard/File Photo
TOKYO (Reuters) - Two of the world’s top winter athletes, Italian skier Sofia Goggia and Australian snowboarder Scotty James, said they were focusing on winning medals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, not the new coronavirus pandemic or potential calls for a boycott, as Beijing on Thursday marked one year until the Games start.
As well as attempting to hold an Olympics during what is likely to still be a global pandemic next February, Beijing and the International Olympic Committee are under pressure from critics of China's human rights record.
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