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 very pleased with the preparations. Like any Games, the final stretch of days is the most difficult one.
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I was very pleased with the progress of the work and I'm sure that BOC OG is doing an excellent job,
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Security worked extremely well, the athletes are happy. They were definitely games that pleased the athletes. The competitions were at a very high level.
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We are pleased by the pace of progress now,
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Athletes, you are role models and your achievements both on and off the field of play will inspire and motivate the future generations. Please compete in a spirit of fair play, mutual understanding and respect, and above all, please refuse doping.
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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.