The president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bachassured on Friday that the decision on the participation of Russian athletes in the Paris Games has not yet been made, but indicated that they can do so without a flag and with certain conditions.
“We did not discuss this issue in the Executive Committee” held until now in Paris, he said. Bach on a visit to the Olympic Village in the French capital.
He explained that in a few days an Olympic Summit is planned in Lausanne with “all parties” associated with the IOC where the geopolitical situation and its impact on sport will be “studied.”
“We will consider the latest decision of the U.N about this case, which calls for an Olympic truce and which supports the IOC’s strategy,” he added.
This organization is committed to allowing the participation of Russian athletes who do not explicitly support the invasion of Ukrainewho are not in the Army and at the same time agree to compete under a neutral flag.
Bach indicated that, depending on what was heard at the Olympic summit, the IOC Executive Council will make a decision in the coming months, leading up to its meeting in March.
The head of Olympicism congratulated the progress of the works in Paris in 2024, 238 days before the inauguration ceremony, and praised the concept of the Olympic Village, which he considered “compact and pragmatic.” In his opinion, Paris “knows how to associate monumental architecture well with the new.”
This alliance of the monumental with the new – he said – fits the “spirit of French architecture”, as can be seen in examples such as the Louvre pyramid or the Defense neighborhood located on the same diagonal as the Arc de Triomphe. .
Furthermore, he considered it very “interesting” that the Olympic Village was able to open itself to the Seine through a bridge.
Bach did not want to address some of the internal controversies in France regarding the organization of the Games, such as possible budget deviations.
“Our partner in this matter is the Organizing Committee and for us the figures are clear and stable,” he said.
The president of that Organizing Committee, Tony Estanguet, For his part, he insisted that all works for the Games, which begin on July 26 next year, are “on schedule,” particularly the Olympic Village, which is scheduled to be handed over to the organizers next March and It will open on July 15.
Source: La Verdad
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