Completar frases Olympics_1_preps_4Versión en línea Fill in the blanks por Tatiana Muchnick 1 The preparatory meetings the US Olympic authorities had focused Covid - 19 measures and personal safety competitors while they are China . There are updated rules place to allow athletes to express their concerns , but well away the tracks , slopes , rinks and podiums . Chinese officials have warned athletes they must adhere Chinese law all times . Noah Hoffman thinks the idea that athletes are " at liberty to speak out " about China's mass incarceration and so - called " egregious " abuse thousands minority Muslim Uyghurs " is just false " . China's leader Xi Jinping has promised an efficient and safe Games . In many ways this looks like a normal Olympics . The torch relay the days the flame is lit . The universal branding emblazoned across a city . The Olympic rings popping up myriad goods or services shops . But what is always a cold gathering feels much frostier this time round . This is a Games defined the big fissure the world stage , China one side and the US the other . Inside the bubble , athletes are just trying to get their sport .