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International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Kirsty Coventry lamented the major news stories that have consumed the world ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Coventry faced questions over the controversy about Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in the U.S. and the Jeffrey Epstein<\/a> files being released as she talked to reporters on Sunday with the opening of the Milan Cortina Games days away.<\/p>\n

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While she tried to deflect, Coventry did say it was “sad” that the stories were taking attention away from the Olympics.<\/p>\n

“I think anything that is distracting from these Games is sad, right? But we\u2019ve learned over the many years \u2026 there\u2019s always been something that has taken the lead, leading up to the Games,” she said. “Whether it has been Zika, COVID, there has always been something.<\/p>\n

“But what is keeping my faith alive is that when that opening ceremony happens and those athletes start competing, suddenly the world remembers the magic and the spirit that the Games have and they get to suddenly remember what\u2019s actually important and they get to be inspired and so we\u2019re really looking forward to that.”<\/p>\n

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Coventry faced questions about ICE as the federal agents were set to be used to help security for the U.S. delegation \u2013 which caused protests in Italy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“From all the information that we have and I believe that the US authorities, as the other authorities, have made all the clarifications needed, so from our side that\u2019s not for us to further comment on that part of the security. But we\u2019re really looking forward to the games,” Coventry said of ICE.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, a new batch of emails in the Epstein case showed correspondence between Los Angeles Olympic organizing committee chair Casey Wasserman and Epstein\u2019s one-time girlfriend Ghislane Maxwell<\/a>. The exchange occurred in 2003.<\/p>\n

“We didn\u2019t discuss it yesterday and I believe Mr. Wasserman has put out his statement and we now have nothing further to add,” she said.<\/p>\n

Coventry added that the focus has been on Milan Cortina.<\/p>\n

The Winter Olympics begin Friday with the opening ceremony.<\/p>\n

The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n

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