They discussed the excellent partnership between their organisations and NBC’s preparations for the Olympic Games Paris 2024. The IOC President met Mark Lazarus, Chairman of the NBCUniversal Media Group, and Gary Zenkel, President of NBC Olympics and Business. The NOC President, who took part in the softball competition at the Olympic Games Beijing 2008, and the NOC Secretary General, Katiuska Santaella, a judo Olympian at the Olympic Games Atlanta 1996, were presented with a diploma and OLY pin by President Bach, before signing the Olympians Wall. They discussed the upcoming Olympic Games and the challenges faced by the Venezuelan athletes in their preparations for the Olympic Games Paris 2024, during this courtesy visit. President Bach with the Venezuelan NOC President and Secretary General.Īlso at Olympic House, the IOC President hosted a Venezuelan NOC delegation led by its President, Maria Soto Gil. Among other topics raised and addressed by the IOC President were: the situation of athletes from countries and regions affected by the too many wars and conflicts around the world the digitalisation of sport, with Artificial Intelligence on the rise the growing popularity of esports the support of the IOC for the Olympic Community of Ukraine the Youth Olympic Games Dakar 2026. Safe sport, the upcoming Olympic Games Paris 2024, the participation of Individual Neutral Athletes with a Russian or Belarusian passport in international competitions during the qualification period, and the mission of the Olympic Games were all part of the discussion. In typical IAF fashion, the President took to the stage and engaged directly with the athlete representatives to answer their questions – no topics were off limits. Q&A session during the 11th International Athletes’ Forum in Lausanne.Įarlier in the week, the IOC President took part in an engaging two-hour Q&A session with athlete representatives during the 11 th International Athletes’ Forum (IAF) held in Lausanne. This support has to be earned day by day by strict application.” In this way, he told them: “these Olympic Games will be what millions of people around the world are hoping for: a symbol of dialogue, of peace and of human excellence.” He added: “there have been some comments coming from Russia about these conditions. So let me reconfirm what we said from the very beginning, that these conditions are non-negotiable, we will not waiver. They have to be strictly applied to give this approach the credibility and support it currently enjoys among the public, the athletes and the international community. He underlined that the conditions recommended by the IOC must be strictly applied by the International Federations and that there must be no wavering in this. Turning to the unifying mission of the Olympic Games, and the participation of athletes with Russian and Belarusian passports, the IOC President said that support had come for the IOC’s approach from the French President Emmanuel Macron and from a wide range of groups, from the G20, from the Non-Aligned States and more recently from the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and the International Athletes’ Forum. The President addressed the General Assembly, which was presided over by EOC President and IOC Member Spyros Capralos, about the future of Olympic sport and particularly the upcoming Olympic Games Paris 2024, which he told them “will be Games of a new era – the first Olympic Games inspired by Olympic Agenda from start to finish.” He told the 50 NOCs represented at the Assembly that the Games in Paris will be “younger, more inclusive, more urban and more sustainable.” IOC President Thomas Bach was in Istanbul, Türkiye, for the 52nd General Assembly of the European Olympic Committees (EOC) last weekend.
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