The International Olympic Committee met with Prince Al-Faisal in Arabia

A day after announcing the signing of Jon Rahm through the LIV Golf circuit in Saudi Arabia, Thomas Bach arrived at Riyadh from Lausanne to meet the prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Faisal, the highest sports authority in the country. The president of International Olympic Committee began an official visit to the Arab country to learn about its sports developments and strengthen ties with Saudi Arabian Olympic and Paralympic Committee (SOPC), in conjunction with the Saudi Games celebration. The CIO is treating this visit with discretion so as not to raise the issue of washing the Saudi image through sports, but this is Bach’s third visit to the country since he was elected president. Furthermore, Prince Al-Faisal also visited the Bach in headquarters of the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne on July 4, 2018 to make a first estimate.

Prince Al-Faisal defended the virtues of the plan before the highest Olympic leaders Saudi Vision 2030an ambitious project championed by the crown prince Mohammed bin Salman to comprehensively transform the country and position it as a global power. One of the pillars of their project is sport and they are ready to spend whatever it takes to hold the biggest competition in the world in their country. The prince also participated in the meetings Fahad bin Jalawi Al Saudthe general secretary of SOPC, Abdulaziz Baashenthe Saudi ruler Adawa Al-Arifi and Catalan Pere Mirowho since his retirement as deputy director general of the CIO in 2022 has served as a senior advisor to President Bach.

Goal of the Saudi Arabia Olympics
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The great dream of Saudi Arabia is to celebrate the Olympic Games in their country and to this end they have drawn up a detailed long-term plan to strengthen their position in sport through sport with an investment of more than 6 billion euros. 32 disciplines coexist in the Olympic program and from Riyadh they have begun their commitment to football, golf, martial arts, boxing, motorsport and tennis.

In 2025 they will organize the Asian Martial Arts Gamesin 2029 the Asian Winter Games in Trojena and in ten years his great final exam, the Asian Games 2034. In the same year they also wanted to fix the Soccer World Cup and for this they are finalizing the details of a multimillion-dollar agreement with Gianni Infantinopresident of FIFA. This agreement will include a juicy annual sponsorship of Aramcothe Saudi oil company that will open a new horizon and that can be the gateway for motor sports in the Olympic program, as already studied Los Angeles 2028 at the proposal of the United States.

The king sport of Games, the athleticshas not yet announced any agreement with the Saudis, but approved at its annual meeting chaired by Seb Coe a change in its laws to hold summer World Cups in indoor stadiums. Something unprecedented that would completely change the name “open air” and “indoor track” and serve to hold competitions in dangerously hot places during the summer months, such as Arabia.

The International Olympic Committee has already awarded the 2028 Games to Los Angeles (United States) and the 2032 Games to Brisbane (Australia). The first ones left to grant are 2036 and 2040, dates that could fit the Saudi program.