After three days, Kirsty Coventry, as President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has promised significant changes to the awarding of Olympic Games. “The members want to be more involved,” said former sports minister Zimbabwes at the press conference after the consultations of the members of the IOC Executive Committee on Thursday in Lausanne.
After their inauguration on Monday, “more than 70 IOC members”, as Kirsty Coventry said, had participated in “Pause-and-Reflect” meetings, i.e. a common, mental pause. It was expressed that on the one hand the award process and the time of award in relation to the execution of the Olympic and Paralympic Games should be reconsidered.
On the other hand, the members “almost unanimously” demanded, as Kirsty Coventry explained that the IOC should take over “a leadership role” for finding consensus when clarifying the rules “to protect the female category” (Coventry).
Koventry sets itself away from the procedure, the stream established
Here, its predecessor Thomas Bach, now IOC Honorary President, left it at the discretion of the international associations at the discretion of the international associations, which rules in dealing with athletes with special features in gender development and transsexual athletes should apply. The IOC now wants to use a working group again.
Kirsty Coventry was elected in Greece with Bach’s supporting Benevolence in the first ballot as IOC President. With the announced change in the procurement practice, she surprisingly quickly settles off the procedure that Bach had established. His approach to address applicants specifically in view of a dwindling number of interested parties to exhibitions in particular from winter games, had secured the economic success (and the fortexistism of the winter games).
However, the IOC members remained not much more for the games 2024, 2026, 2028, 2032 and 2034 (Switzerland for the Winter Games 2038) the only applicant). In addition, the IOC suspected that the agreements were largely made behind closed doors and thus non -transparent.
How and when awards will be hit should also be discussed in a working group. In the past, it was common for organizers to be chosen Olympic Games seven years in advance. Under Bach Los Angeles received the games 2028 in 2017 and Brisbane awarded the 2032 games in 2021.
In particular, in view of the vehement interest of India at the 2036 Olympic Games, a significant shortening of the period between the allocation and expiry would be significant – and not desirable from an Indian point of view. Coventry, whose choice was also supported by the Indian IOC member Nita Ambani, wife of the billionaire Muskesh Ambani, confirmed that she will receive an Indian delegation in Lausanne next week. In addition to India, Qatar shows interest in the games 2036. The German Olympic Sports Confederation is also planning an application for 2036.
