During its conferences from 26 to 28 March in Lausanne, the IOC Executive Board (EB) mentioned the approaching variants of the Olympic Games, the safety of the integrity of sport and the athletes, and other institutional matters.
Concerning the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, Yoshiro Mori, President of the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee; Toshiro Muto, CEO of the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee; and John Coates, Chair of the IOC Coordination Commission, gave their respective updates on modern-day sports. It was highlighted that Tokyo 2020 continues to deliver on key milestones according to the agreed timelines, including the development of new permanent venues.
Juan Antonio Samaranch, the Chair of the IOC Coordination Commission for the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, offered his file on the cutting-edge activities. Overall, it turned out that Beijing 2022 is on schedule with the arrangements. Beijing 2022 has released its Legacy Plan, highlighting its formidable intention of getting 300 million people to enter and guide winter sports activities in China.
A delegation led via Tony Estanguet, President of Paris 2024, and Etienne Thobois, CEO of Paris 2024, we’re joined by Pierre-Olivier Beckers-Vieujant, Chair of the IOC Coordination Commission, to offer their respective reports on the preparations of the Olympic Games Paris 2024. It emphasizes that Paris 2024 was guided by creativity, excellence, and inclusivity for handing over the Games. The IOC EB has supported the Olympic Programme Commission’s recommendation to provisionally encompass Paris 2024’s proposed package deal of 4 other sports – skateboarding, recreation climbing, breaking, and surfing – for the Olympic Games program Paris 2024. Full info here.
Concerning the Olympic Winter Games 2026, Executive Director Christophe Dubi gave an overview of the current situation of the candidatures of Stockholm-Åre and Milan-Cortina d’Ampezzo. He pointed to the public as well as authorities’ help as essential factors for each nomination while emphasizing that, thanks to Olympic Agenda 2020 and the New Norm, there’s the most use of existing and temporary venues with a median of 80 in line with a cent for the 2026 Candidature Process. Also, the projected 2026 candidature budgets are over seventy-five, consistent with a cent decrease from the 2018 and 2022 cities’ average budgets.
The sports program for the Olympic Winter Games 2026 was also discussed. The EB agreed with the IOC’s Olympic Programme Commission’s proposal to make no modifications to the program for Beijing 2022 and to place the same seven sports ahead of the IOC Session in June.
To evaluate how to be excellently prepared for future Games, the EB proposed a Working Group to target standards for future candidature techniques. The running institution will be chaired by John Coates, who’s additionally representing Oceania. The other individuals are Danka Bartekova, representing the athletes and Europe; Li Lingwei, representing Asia; Lydia Nsekera, representing Africa; and Gerardo Werthein, representing the Americas.
Virginie Faivre, the brand new President of the Organising Committee for the Winter Youth Olympic Games Lausanne 2020; Ian Logan, CEO of Lausanne 2020; and Danka Bartekova, Chair of the IOC Coordination Commission, furnished their respective progress reviews. Further initiatives are underway to engage and involve neighborhood schooling institutions to ensure they are YOG-using and for younger people. Additional updates have been on children’s engagement and public outreach activities, constructing visibility and consciousness ahead of the YOG.
Regarding the Youth Olympic Games Dakar 2022, Christophe Dubi supplied a progress document on behalf of Kirsty Coventry, Chair of the IOC Coordination Commission. He mentioned that the creation of the Youth Olympic Village has commenced. Based on the sports activities program, the venue planning could be finalized in June.
The IOC Executive Board knew about the resignation of IOC Member Tsunekazu Takeda. According to the Olympic Charter, the cessation of his IOC Membership takes effect immediately with this popularity through the EB. The EB expressed its highest respect for his selection and insisted all over again on the presumption of innocence.
About the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018, it became said that the IOC contributed a record quantity of USD 887 million to the achievement of the Games, which is USD fifty-four million more than for Sochi 2014. The PyeongChang 2018 Organising Committee continues to be on the path to supply a surplus of at least USD fifty-five million. Additionally, the IOC will reinvest its proportion of the excess in Korea in sports via the newly-fashioned PyeongChang 2018 Foundation, further supporting to ensure that the Games will benefit the location for decades to come back. Building on this, the IOC EB approved growth in monetary support to NOCs and IFs to develop sports and athletes worldwide.
This revenue distribution represents USD 430 million, which is USD 32 million, more than the quantities related to the Olympic Winter Games Sochi 2014. Concerning anti-doping activities, the IOC EB became aware that the International Testing Agency (ITA) keeps being fully operational and is broadening its pool of know-how at the service of sports activities organizations. It now operates with approximately forty businesses, including the IOC. An update on WADA’s ongoing activities was additionally furnished. The EB permitted the reallocation of medals and diplomas for the two-guy and 4-man bobsleigh occasions at the Olympic Winter Games Sochi 2014. The effects were consequently adjusted by the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation.
