Oly: Tomkins tells athletes to leave politics behind

AAP Sports News (Australia), August, 2008

> AAP Sports News (Australia) 08-03-2008 Oly: Tomkins tells athletes to leave politics behind By Crystal Ja BEIJING, Aug 3 AAP - Six-time Olympian James Tomkins says athletes should leave politics behind and focus on winning medals at the Beijing Games. With three golds under his belt and a wealth of Olympic experience, Tomkins is considered one of the elder statesmen of the Australian team. He today urged his fellow Australian athletes against any form of public protest, saying it would impact on their Olympic performance. "At the moment, we're here to concentrate on sport and absolutely maximising our performance," he said. "My advice would be to, if they wanted to go down any of those paths, do it outside of the Olympic Games'...

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