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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He is sleeping extremely well and I am sleeping extremely well.
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I am confident a solution can be found which will, on the one hand, respect the legislation and, on the other, ensure the Games are workable.
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We cannot support what he is saying. An athlete must be a role model. If Bode Miller is at his peak, if Bode Miller refrains from making those comments, people will think of his performance and he can be a big star. He's a young man. You can understand it, but you cannot excuse it.
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We cannot, of course, support what he is saying. An athlete must be a role model. It's about the responsibilities you have as an athlete.
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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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(Turin organizers) are making every effort to find a solution. We are confident a working solution will be found.
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(Turin organizers) are making every effort to find a solution, ... We are confident a working solution will be found.
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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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We are still in the preliminary phases of the general outlook of the torch relay but the route is not yet defined. The practical circumstances of the torch relay and the whole format is still under discussion.
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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.
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We have to fight doping with all we have.