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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You are promoting the Olympic ideals and values in your own countries and worldwide. We fully expect you to do this in the Olympic spirit, following the bidding rules set down to ensure a fair process, playing fair and by the rules.
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Overall, it's been what we expected ? not really what we had wished.
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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 final stretch is always the most difficult. We knew here and there that there are still issues to be solved. By the time of the Opening Ceremony (Friday), I expect everything to be solved.
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We have to fight doping with all we have.
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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.
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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.
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These were truly magnificent games. We say a heart-felt thank you to Italy, Piedmont and Italy.
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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.
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The results that you achieved at the Athens Olympics last year have shown Chinese sports is really getting to the top.
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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.
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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.
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Even if there is a negative test, that is only part of the equation. We have evidence of Italian police which we should receive shortly. If you want to prove the guilt of athletes, there are various methods of proof.