BARCELONA, July 18 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The president of the Worldwide Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, identified that in precept no resolution might be made on the invitation to Russia and Belarus to the Paris 2024 Olympic Video games this summer time, though he made it clear that the athletes from these international locations that qualify will be capable to compete below the impartial flag with the purpose of “unifying sport for peace”.
“We do every little thing we will to not discriminate towards athletes and to construct bridges and never create extra partitions. Our mission is to carry all athletes collectively in a peaceable competitors with out punishing athletes for the selections and actions of the governments of their international locations. We can not discriminate towards anybody simply due to their passport,” Bach stated at a spherical desk with worldwide media during which Europa Press was current.
In it, which lasted nearly an hour, he assured that the IOC is “decided” to do every little thing it will possibly to meet its mission of peace. “Our mission is to unite athletes from all over the world in peaceable competitors, and these steps are underway. We’ve put ahead some suggestions which might be being utilized in different worldwide competitions,” he stated.
In the mean time, the IOC won’t ship an official invitation to the Olympic committees of Russia and Belarus because of the invasion of Ukraine. However he doesn’t rule out doing so if the UN offers the go-ahead. What is evident is that the Russian and Belarusian athletes who qualify for the Olympic occasion and compete below a impartial flag might be welcome in Paris.
“These (Russian and Belarusian) athletes make it clear that they wish to compete towards the very best athletes on the earth, however on the identical time we sanction those that are answerable for breaching the Olympic truce, that are the states of Russia and Belarus, with out having the ability to host championships. or have nationwide identification,” he defined.
Bach contributed that the deadline to resolve the presence or absence of those two international locations in Paris 2024 might be “earlier than the Video games”, however not this summer time even though the date set for stated invitation is July 26.
“I’d not have extra particulars than that. It’s troublesome to say. I ask in your understanding as a result of we wish to do it with all diligence. And to do it with all diligence, you need to see what is going on within the {qualifications}. In the mean time, every little thing is okay and the principles They’re revered,” he stated, referring to the athletes from each international locations who’re making an attempt to get their ticket to the Olympic occasion.
The 2024 Paris Olympic Video games would be the starting of a “new” Olympic period. “A brand new period begins within the metropolis of our founder, Pierre de Coubertin, within the metropolis of sunshine, Paris. So, already now, I can solely say welcome to Paris, and we sit up for a wonderful Olympic Video games a yr from now” , he pointed.
The IOC chief identified that Paris 2024 would be the first Video games according to the reforms of the Olympic agenda. “They may function a framework that can assist form and construct future editions of the Olympic and Paralympic Video games. Paris will host the primary Olympic Video games with gender parity. The IOC has accommodated the identical variety of female and male athletes,” he famous.
“As well as, will probably be a sustainable occasion, with 95 p.c of the venues already current or momentary. As well as, Paris 2024 plans to chop the carbon footprint, in comparison with London 2012 or Rio 2016, and can use a hundred percent renewable power” he added.
They are going to be “city” Olympic and Paralympic Video games with the presence of the competitions “within the coronary heart of Paris”, such because the Eiffel Tower or the Place de la Concorde. “For the primary time in Olympic historical past, we are going to maintain the opening ceremony within the heart of town, with the Seine River offering the setting for a sensational welcome to the best athletes in historical past, with a whole lot of hundreds of individuals on the banks of the river. The athletes will really feel one thing very particular,” Bach acknowledged.
“They are going to be inclusive and open Video games. Guests might be spectators and contributors on the identical time. They may go in response to youth, will probably be the ‘break dance’ version and we are going to preserve browsing and skateboarding. All these are the the reason why Paris 2024 will illuminate a brand new period of Olympic and Paralympic Video games,” he concluded.
