Olympics will rebound from crisis: Rogge
International Olympic Committee chief Jacques Rogge said here on Thursday that the Olympics would rebound from a "crisis", after days of protests surrounding the torch relay.
By Agencies |
BEIJING: International Olympic Committee Chief Jacques Rogge said here on Thursday that the Olympics would rebound from a "crisis", after days of protests surrounding the torch relay.
Rogge told heads of 205 National Olympic Committees at the end of their three-day general assembly here to return to their own countries to reassure athletes that the Beijing Games would be a success.
"Tell them that whatever they have seen and heard, the Games will be very well-organised," he said.
"Tell them that we will rebound from this current crisis." Protesters disrupted the Beijing Olympic torch relay in London on Sunday and Paris on Monday and more trouble hit the relay in San Francisco on Wednesday.
Rogge said he was "saddened' by violent protests in Europe but believed that the relay in San Francisco was an improvement.
"It was, however, not the joyous party that we had wished it to be," he said.
Speaking at a joint meeting between the Association of National Olympic Committees and the IOC executive board, Rogge said officials should urge athletes not to lose faith in the Olympics.
"Tell them not to lose faith," he said. "Tell them that they are going to set an example and that the world will be watching them" in Beijing.
"We have 120 days to achieve that and I am sure it is going to be successful."
Rogge told heads of 205 National Olympic Committees at the end of their three-day general assembly here to return to their own countries to reassure athletes that the Beijing Games would be a success.
"Tell them that whatever they have seen and heard, the Games will be very well-organised," he said.
"Tell them that we will rebound from this current crisis." Protesters disrupted the Beijing Olympic torch relay in London on Sunday and Paris on Monday and more trouble hit the relay in San Francisco on Wednesday.
Rogge said he was "saddened' by violent protests in Europe but believed that the relay in San Francisco was an improvement.
"It was, however, not the joyous party that we had wished it to be," he said.
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Speaking at a joint meeting between the Association of National Olympic Committees and the IOC executive board, Rogge said officials should urge athletes not to lose faith in the Olympics.
"Tell them not to lose faith," he said. "Tell them that they are going to set an example and that the world will be watching them" in Beijing.
"We have 120 days to achieve that and I am sure it is going to be successful."
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