Ideally the world would let Russia know they don't approve. However, that's quite the unfair pressure to put on athletes who have trained their entire lives for maybe just 1 chance at competing in the Olympics. To miss it because the host country, probably decided long after they started training, has a law they might not agree with is a pretty huge decision.
I would say any athlete has the right to boycott any event he wants for whatever reason. I definitely don't think any other person or group has the right to tell them though.
And let's not forget the 2008 Olympics were in China...not exactly human rights leader of the world.
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