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
athletes definitely extremely games high pleased security worked
Security worked extremely well, the athletes are happy. They were definitely games that pleased the athletes. The competitions were at a very high level.
definitely full law respect solutions
We are working on that, and definitely intelligent solutions with the full respect of the law will be found.
course definitely elections federal government links renewed soon
We know of course that ... co-operation will have to be renewed with the federal government because of your elections. As soon as a new government is in place, the links will be made and improved, but definitely I think everything is okay.
definitely doubt enthusiasm italy unite
I think there will be a lot of enthusiasm and a lot of passion. Italy will definitely unite around the games, I have no doubt about that.
ceremony counts definitely easy happening negative opening prepare problems proof view
It is never easy to prepare the games, but what counts is what is happening from the day of the opening ceremony and not what is happening before. I am definitely not having a negative view of it. The least problems you can have in the preparations the better, but the proof is in the eating.
fight
We have to fight doping with all we have.
beijing chance games olympic understand work
We will work with them at the Olympic Games at Beijing and see if there's a chance to come back. I understand the disappointment of those who pleaded for the reinstatement.
carried indeed ran several suspicions time wall
We indeed had suspicions of fraud, but we never had any proof. We carried out inquiries several times, but each time we ran into a wall of silence.
thank truly
These were truly magnificent games. We say a heart-felt thank you to Italy, Piedmont and Italy.
empathy games perhaps remarkable venues warmth winter
These were Games of heart, warmth and empathy and smiles. I must say the venues were perhaps the most remarkable in Winter Games history.
the start, but probably not the end of the big cleanup operation.
achieved athens chinese last olympics results shown sports year
The results that you achieved at the Athens Olympics last year have shown Chinese sports is really getting to the top.
athens baseball people problems softball vancouver worry
We had problems in Athens where people didn't know anything about softball or baseball or fencing. But I don't worry about Vancouver at all.
action facts information received rule
We do not rule out any action or sanction but we need to know more facts before we do that. The information that we have (so far) received is too much to be ignored.