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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managing the cost and complexity of the games; putting athletes and sport at the heart of your bid; and on focusing on technical excellence, not on things which are not essential.
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It is something that we all wish for; to see a joint Korean team participating at the Games, like the situation we had with the united German team several years ago.
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I think the members must take that element into consideration. It is not just an issue of deciding to include or not to include. This is also reviewing a decision that has been taken six or seven months before.
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It is a saga. Not even Hollywood could come up with a scenario like it.
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It is a question of sporting ethics rather than a question of crime and criminality.
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It is a new development for F1 to be held in China, ... F1 used to be held in the same country. China has 1.3 billion people and we are opening sport to 25 per cent of world's population.
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Overall, it's been what we expected, not really what we had wished. The fact that some sports are not practiced in the country, you have to live with.
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Overall, it's been what we expected ? not really what we had wished.
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Whoever wins, it's going to be a prestigious city. I'm often questioned who might be the winner and I'm always inclined to say the winner is the IOC.
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My room is on block No. 5. I tested my mattress this morning.
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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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TOROC is making every effort to find a solution, ... We feel confident that a working solution will be found. There is no question about the IOC somehow taking a soft stance on doping.
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We are speaking of a sporting session in 2009 and it will not have an impact. If Copenhagen wins it will be from membership that is absolutely universal from 70 countries.
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We owe it to ourselves and our event to ensure that such activities are contained within the appropriate framework and do not have an adverse impact on our values or undermine the credibility of the competition.