Q: Can China guarantee that those athletes who have criticized China on the Darfur and other issues will not be treated differently when they come to China for the Olympics?

问：中方是否能够保证在达尔富尔等问题上批评过中国的运动员，今年夏天到中国参加奥运会时不会被区别对待？

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Covering the Summer Olympics, the biggest sporting extravaganza on the planet, is a dream come true for every sports reporter, and I am blessed to have realized it twice, in Rio and in London in 2012.

能够现场报道一届奥运会相信是所有体育记者的梦想，而我非常有幸能够在2012年的伦敦奥运会后，再次在里约全程采访报道一届奥运盛会。

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