The president of the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE), Alejandro Blanco, He said Madrid was the “best city in the world” to host the Olympic Games and it was something “we all have to fight for.”
“The dates for 2028 (Los Angeles, USA) and 2032 (Brisbane, Australia) have been given. Now there will be a change of president at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and we will see the following policy. My The Madrid is the most prepared city in the world to host the Games and we all have to fight that, starting with the media,” he said this Monday as most of the Spanish Olympic delegation arrived in Madrid. -Barajas Airport.
Regarding the result of the Spanish athletes in Paris 2024, with 18 medals divided into five gold, four silver and nine bronze, Blanco gave it great credit to surpass the 17 medals achieved in Tokyo 2020 Olympic Gamesthough he acknowledges that expectations are “higher.”
“We have overcome the previous results, so let’s not do negative thinking. It is true that the expectations were higher than the results obtained, but in the end it is what it is and we have improved the previous games step by step, ” he said. highlighted.
“Of course there are failures, but failure can never cancel a wonderful trajectory of an Olympic cycle that has been the best in history, let’s be positive,” he added.
Blanco, who praised the figure of the Spanish royal family for its “great support for sport,” declared that Spanish sport is “doing well,” but we need to take a “30-year approach to see where we are want to go.”
Spanish sport is “doing well, but we have to take a 30-year strategy and I’ve been saying this for a long time and see where we want to go and the importance of sport in Spain,” he said.
When asked about the comparison with other European countries such as France or Italythe president of the Spanish Olympic Committee indicated that not only the results should be considered but also the “investment”.
“When we do a comparative study with other countries we have to talk about everything and not only about the results without talking about the investment, but I also said that the Spanish government is bet on the last cycle by giving a lot of money and this is not a criticism but a reflection,” he added.
Source: La Verdad
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