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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will put in its best efforts in cooperation with experts from around the world to protect athletes from harassment and abuse at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, an athletes safeguarding programmes official said on Sunday. Susan Greinig, the IOC Safeguarding Officer, emphasized that the IOC is trying to find solutions to harassment and abuse of athletes. She said this has been the IOC's work since 2004, reports Yonhap news agency.