Beijing - Members of the International Olympic Committee said Wednesday that they have ruled out cutting short the protest-plagued international portion of the Olympic torch relay.
"From my point of view, we should not stop," said Australia's committee member, Kevan Gosper. "It would send the wrong signal."
Gosper echoed the opinions of other committee members after their internal discussions in Beijing.
Mario Vazquez Rana, president of the Association of National Olympic Committees, said after sharing dinner Tuesday night with international committee president Jacques Rogge that Rogge was "100-per-cent convinced" not to make any changes to the international relay.
They made the comments after protesters disrupted the relay in London on Sunday and Paris on Monday. Demonstrations were also awaited in San Francisco Wednesday as the torch winds its way around the world en route to Beijing's August Games.
Gunilla Lindbergh, Sweden's member of the committee, said she had been misquoted on Tuesday as saying that the international torch relay had to be stoped.
"I never said that," she said. "My opinion is that we have to do exactly what we planned. The torch has to complete its international trip." (dpa)
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