Jacques Rogge
Jacques Rogge
Jacques Jean Marie Rogge, Count Rogge, KCMG; born 2 May 1942) is a Belgian sports administrator and physician who served as the eighth president of the International Olympic Committeefrom 2001 to 2013. In 2013, the IOC announced that Rogge would become their Honorary President...
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth2 May 1942
CityGhent, Belgium
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We are working on that, and definitely intelligent solutions with the full respect of the law will be found.
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We are speaking of a sporting session in 2009 and it will not have an impact. If Copenhagen wins it will be from membership that is absolutely universal from 70 countries.
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It's one of those unwritten rules you never want to talk about, but if holding the Games in a city would jeopardize the lives of athletes, there is always that remedy. I don't know that there is another remedy.
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The new program of the Canadian Olympic Committee 'Own the Podium,' which is supported on one hand by the government, but on the other hand the corporate world, has yielded already unbelievable results.
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Then would still come, of course, the second part. The sports movement would have to convince the governments.
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Not all sports are indispensable for the Olympic program, we know that.
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It's what I would call a battle royal.
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The best athletes are not competing and the major athletes perform in an environment where doping controls are not what we have in the Olympic world.
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According to tradition I proclaim the Games closed and I call on the youth of the world to assemble in four years in Vancouver to celebrate the 21st Winter Games.
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The two countries have already had joint marches but it is still very different to have a joint team.
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They were caught out of competition. We tested them at private homes where they were staying. I'm a strong believer in unannounced, out-of-competition testing. This is the strongest deterrent and most effective way.
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It's an international problem, it's not just the NHL. There is a lot of betting where there is an influence on sports results. There have been issues on betting on football (soccer), there have been issues of betting in tennis, there might be issues in other sports.
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There is a lot of goodwill in both countries, but I remain prudent because so much can depend on international political events. We still have some 18 months to come to an agreement. Let's wait and see.
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There is no doubt that after the great success you have achieved in Athens last year during the Olympic Games, and with the preparations that you have now for the National Games, I would not be surprised if China would lead the medal count in 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.