The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has “very high confidence” in the security measures that France will launch around the Paris 2024 Games next summer, a confidence boosted by “accurate” reports presented by the ministries involved in the device.
This was said this Thursday by the same spokesman for the organization, Mark Adams, and the executive director of the IOC for the Games, Christophe Dubi, at a press conference in Gangwon (South Korea), where the IV Olympic Games of Youth in the version of winter.
“This is a matter that concerns the local authorities and we do not comment, for obvious reasons.“said Adams, asking about security guarantees at the Games that will celebrate the opening on the street, with athletes in boats that will sail on the Seine.
“But we have very high confidence that the authorities will make the Games safe,” the spokesperson added.
“This confidence,” said Christophe Dubi, “This is based on the reports that were presented to us in December “both the prefecture of Paris and the interministerial commission in charge, very accurate reports about the measures they will take during the Games.”
“They are mobilizing all the resources that will be needed, about 45,000 members of the security forces for the opening ceremony and around 35,000 for each and every other day, 24 hours a day,” he mentioned.
“It’s a huge effort being made,” Dubi added, citing public order incidents surrounding the 2022 Champions League final in Saint-Denis and how other subsequent events, such as the last Rugby World Cup Cup or last New Year’s Eve, “with a million people on the Champs-Elysées”, took place without a problem.
“All this gives us a lot of confidence“, repeated the manager.
Regarding the participation of Russians and Belarusians in the Games, IOC representatives assured that they will be subject to double control, by their own federations and by independent analysts chosen by the IOC itself, to verify that they comply with the requirement of not having supported never actively invaded Ukraine.
Mark Adans indicated that no concrete proposal had been received to change the Olympic Charter and allow the current IOC president, German Thomas Bach, whose term ends in 2025, to remain in office for another four years.
This is what some members of the Olympic assembly demanded at their October meeting in Bombay.
“The president was flattered and said that the demands must be considered and discussed, but as far as I know no proposal has been submitted yet. There is still a lot of time, but no text came with such a demand,” he stressed.
The IOC will hold a Session in the days before the Paris Games, where this matter should be studied if there is finally a proposal on this matter.
The Olympic Charter currently gives the president an initial term of eight years, which can only be extended by four more. Bach was elected in 2013 and re-elected in 2021.
The Gangwon Games, “Legacy in Action”
Dubi pointed to the Winter Youth Games as an example of the Olympic Movement’s “legacy in action”, which will be held in the same facilities that were used at the PyeongChang Senior Winter Games in 2018.
“These Games really make sense,” he said.
The Games begin this Friday with the participation of 79 countries, including Spain, who will compete with 29 athletes.
Source: La Verdad
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