The president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bachhopes that next year’s Paris 2024 Games will serve to “unite in peaceful competition” in a world where “people are tired and weary of the antagonism, hatred and hostility they face everywhere.” part of your life.
In a year-end message released by the IOC, the German leader ventured that the Paris edition would open “a new era of the Olympic Games: younger, more inclusive, more urban, more sustainable” and noted that they the first “with full gender equality.
“Our expectations for these Olympic Games are shared by billions of people. In these difficult times that we live in, people all over the world are tired and weary of the antagonism, hatred and hostility that they face across the of his life,” Bach said.
“Deep in our hearts, we all yearn for something singular. Something that unites us, despite our differences. Something that gives us hope. Something that inspires it’s up to us to approach problems peacefully. Something that brings out the best in us. We hope that the Paris 2024 Olympic Games unite the whole world in peaceful competition,” he added.
The IOC decided two weeks ago to allow the participation in the Games of Russian and Belarusian athletes who still had time to qualify, as long as they did not support the war in Ukrainebut without its national symbols and under the name of Individual Neutral Athletes. Teams from those countries will not be accepted.
Thomas Bach In his message, he asked that the Olympic Movement “remain united” and oppose “efforts to divide world sport based on political criteria.”
“Beyond the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, we remain united in our mission to make the world a better place through sport,” he pointed out.
Bach believes that artificial intelligence (AI) and electronic sports “offer enormous opportunities” to the Olympic Movement. “For this reason,” he said, “the IOC eSports Commission is studying the creation of an eSports Olympic Games.”
“Any form eSports Olympics, our parameters and conditions are established. We will remain loyal to our values: the Olympic values of peace, respect, non-discrimination and solidarity,” he emphasizes.
It also focuses on “using the transformative power of AI to support athletes and drive the development of sport.”
“It’s about identifying talent, creating individual training methods, making refereeing more objective and personalizing the individual viewing experience of billions of Olympic fans. The opportunities are limitless and the risks have to be reduced,” he said.
Bach concluded his message by recalling that Paris was the birthplace of Pierre de Coubertinfounder of the IOC and restorer of the Games, and “the City of Light, the City of Love and the city of a new era of the Olympic Games.”
There he hopes to see, he added, “an unforgettable celebration of the joy of sport, a celebration of our shared humanity.”
Source: La Verdad
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