The Barcelonan Juan Antonio Samaranch, vice president of the IOC, said the Olympic Movement “has a lot at stake” in the Paris Games.because the quote should be “the symbol needed to change the bad dynamics” the planet is experiencing.
“We are 105 days away from the Paris Games, where we all have a lot at stake. Paris aims to take the Olympic spirit out of the stadiums, from the opening ceremony, along 6 km of the Seine River, to competitions at La Concorde, Champ de Mars or Versailles. This is a new, unique exercise, very well done by the French and we really hope it will be good,” said Samaranch, who attended the presentation of the book ‘366 stories (and more) at the headquarters of the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) of the Olympic Games you should know’ (Espasa), by journalist Alfredo Relaño.
“It is very important,” stressed Samaranch, “that the Games go well. We are in a time when finding the differences between people is prioritized, rather than what we have in common. “Politics, society, social networks, look for those differences.”
But the Games, added the Olympic leader, “are one of the few living, current examples of success, showing that the world’s youth are more united than they are told.”
“The Games are a symbol needed to change that vicious dynamic“, he stressed. “In Paris there will be Israeli and Palestinian athletes, who live together. There will be Ukrainians and those with independent Russian passports, all under the same roof,” said the vice president, son of the eponymous IOC president and who, thanks to this, had the “privilege of being included in thirteen Games. “
Samaranch reiterated “full confidence in the French State” on security matters. “At the IOC, we are not going to say that they put a gendarme at this or that door“.
In addition to Samaranch, the president of the COE, Alejandro Blanco, and the Secretary of State for Sports, José Manuel Rodríguez Uribes, attended the presentation of the book in an event with guests such as Enrique Cerezo, president of Atlético de Madrid .
Alfredo Relaño, who admitted that he had “never” been to the Palaro, said that the book published today was “commissioned,” but so many stories came out that he had to insert the tag ‘and more’ in the title of your inclusion everything he found. .
“But I followed the Games with zeal“, he indicated. “And by writing the book I gained knowledge that I did not have.”
Alejandro Blanco said he was waiting for the Paris Games with “optimism based on reality.”
“Thanks to the work of athletes, clubs, federations and the great commitment of the Governmentwe can be sure,” said Blanco, who predicted a number of medals equal to or more than 22 in Barcelona’92, the top sport in Spain.
Source: La Verdad
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