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 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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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.
definitely full law respect solutions
We are working on that, and definitely intelligent solutions with the full respect of the law will be found.
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The International Olympic Committee is absolutely clear that it wants full respect for human rights. I think we have proved that very clearly in the past.
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The IOC is absolutely clear that it wants full respect of human rights. It is clear that the staging of the Olympic games in Beijing will do a lot for the improvement of human rights and social relations in China.
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The IOC is absolutely clear that it wants full respect of human rights.
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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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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.