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
good york
I think New York did a very good bid, they had a good score.
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I promise that we shall continue to fight for a pure and healthy sport.
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Certainly within the sports world, there is a clear move toward a unified team. We can only say 'why not ?' It is a great symbol.
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I'm an extremely happy president of the IOC. We always expressed our confidence in our Greek friends. I've always said I believed there was enough time to finish the preparations in due time. Many did not believe me.
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I paid him three visits. Each time I came with a problem and each time he found me an answer not later than a couple of days.
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If you look at the revenue for the next Games in 2008 we are already plus 30 percent in comparison to the previous Games. So this is a huge increase.
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TOROC is making every effort to find a solution, ... We feel confident that a working solution will be found. There is no question about the IOC somehow taking a soft stance on doping.
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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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We owe it to ourselves and our event to ensure that such activities are contained within the appropriate framework and do not have an adverse impact on our values or undermine the credibility of the competition.
definitely full law respect solutions
We are working on that, and definitely intelligent solutions with the full respect of the law will be found.
athletes avoid guarantees issue terms
We would need to have guarantees in terms of immigration, of all athletes and all countries, to avoid this issue that we have with Cuba. These are things we need to have.
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We still have issues about doping. Progress has been made, but not to the level where the Olympic family would accept it.
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We are confident. We are vigilant. We support the (organizing) committee and we are happy, ... We have no concerns whatsoever.
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We are pleased by the pace of progress now,