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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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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In October I predicted intelligent solutions would be found, and I believe intelligent solutions were found. The law is not an obstacle to a very good doping control. The IOC will have full control of the testing.
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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.
believes home success
You know how much the IOC believes in the success of the home team.
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We are fully confident about China's capacity in holding grand sports events, and believe Beijing Olympic will achieve great success. And we are also convinced that the Chinese is capable in holding large-scale international event,
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What we have done today is retained five cities which we believe will deliver, but we will have to check if they do deliver,
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I know the importance of China's National Games, and it is not only for the athletes but for the whole population,
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I know that Peter wants to make a change in the way they would select their own candidate, it's something he's preparing. They have not committed to a bid today. I think he's probably looking at all the options. But there is no real hurry.
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I'm looking forward to seeing the National Games, which are always of the high quality. I remember very well of the opening ceremony in Guangzhou four years ago and I expect something that is very, very spectacular,
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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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They will have to wait five more days until their blood parameters go down.
chairman commission
I have no concerns. The chairman of the coordination commission has no concerns,
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I'm very happy with the way the elections have been handled ... putting the interests of the IOC before personal interests.
olympic sports
Not all sports are indispensable for the Olympic program, we know that.