“We owe Madrid some Olympic Games”

Sonia Ceadelegate councilor of the sports area of ​​the Madrid City Council, considers that Madrid owes an Olympic Games, although he has now clarified “There is no thought of a short-term performance”but they do “their homework” so that when they do it they can’t “say no.”

“This is our thorn in the side and Madrid owes them the Olympic Games and this is the great dream. Now there is no short-term candidacy in mind, what we can say is that Madrid is doing their homework so that, in the case of a hypothetical call, we cannot say no,” said the councilor, this Thursday, in an event where the economic impact data of MadCup 2024 and the Sports Summit 2025 project, both in Madrid.

Madrid has already presented the candidacies of 2012, 2016 and 2020 Olympic Gameselections he lost in London, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo respectively.

Sonia Cea praised the “great efforts and sacrifices” being made in the Spanish capital aiming to put it “at the top” and a candidate for one of the capitals ““top of the world.”

“It is important to highlight the moment that is being experienced in Madrid, which is not the result of chance but because of the great effort and sacrifice and will for leadership that puts our city at the top and becomes a candidate to become one. of capitals that are more cutting-edge,” he said.

“We want Madrid to be the world capital of sports. We have already confirmed that competitions like the NFL, Formula 1 and the Soccer World Cup will come to our city, soon,” he added.

The 2028 and 2032 Olympic Games have already been awarded to Los Angeles and Brisbane, so The first available call is the 2036 Olympic Games.