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
accelerate adopt code express games hope olympic promised
We express the hope that the governments who have promised to adopt the code by the first day of the Olympic Games will accelerate their efforts.
further joint preparing teams
We are preparing for the joint team, which is going much further than just two teams parading together.
athens chinese city key lake salt succeed successful transition
This successful transition... was key to the Sydney, Salt Lake City (Winter Olympics) and Athens Games. We know our Chinese friends will succeed in this transition too.
deliver doubt splendid
We have no doubt that BOCOG will deliver in a splendid way.
according acted perspective
From our perspective they (Sydney) have acted according to the rules.
excluded wants
If any sport wants to come in, one will have to go. But no sport will be excluded before 2012.
athletes compete duty measures minority small strongest thousands trap
For the thousands of athletes who compete cleanly and fairly, we have a duty to put in place the strongest measures to trap the small minority who cheat.
animals beautiful china lucky olympic represent
China is so lucky to have so many beautiful animals to represent the Olympic spirit.
asked inquiry pinpoint
I have asked that an independent inquiry be started to pinpoint the different responsibilities,
differ good
If they have the same conclusion, no problem. But if they differ it would be good to go to the independent observers.
health protect reason support tests
We support that (tests). The reason for the tests is to protect the health of the athletes. These are health tests, they are not doping tests.
achieve beijing believe capable capacity chinese confident convinced events fully grand great holding olympic sports
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,
based blood guilty somebody
To find somebody guilty of doping you don't necessarily need urine and blood samples. It can also be based on circumstantial evidence.
believe check cities five today
What we have done today is retained five cities which we believe will deliver, but we will have to check if they do deliver,