That's all very likely, but I'm surprised he's even doing this much. I don't even know if he has the authority to ban US athletes from competing, although that didn't stop him with the vaccine mandates. As for not disgruntling the Chinese government, I don't get the impression that they'll react any better than if he imposed a total boycott. Like our own leftists you're either bending the knee or you aren't. Stand up to them on anything and you're the enemy.