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“The International Olympic Committee has the honor of announcing that the Games of the 30th Olympiad in 2012 are awarded to the city of London,”
Jacques Rogge
“I'm looking forward to seeing the National Games, which are always of the high quality. I remember very well of the opening ceremony in Guangzhou four years ago and I expect something that is very, very spectacular,”
“I was very pleased with the progress of the work and I'm sure that BOC OG is doing an excellent job,”
“It is a new development for F1 to be held in China, ... F1 used to be held in the same country. China has 1.3 billion people and we are opening sport to 25 per cent of world's population.”
“There should be no anxiety. Reading the [Program Commission] report, I have only one conclusion: We have very strong federations, and strong federations should have nothing to fear.”
“[Belgium's Jacques Rogge, a leading candidate to win the IOC presidency on Monday, also felt that the committee was more comfortable with taking a gamble on China now.] Think of 1993 [the year of the vote for the 2000 Games], ... It was after the Berlin Wall fell. In Europe the Soviet Union had just disappeared. There was an economic crisis. I think there was a question about whether those events in the world would somehow contaminate China. Instead we went to Australia for safety. It was an excellent decision. This time there is not the fear over those changes.”
“(Turin organizers) are making every effort to find a solution, ... We are confident a working solution will be found.”
“TOROC is making every effort to find a solution, ... We feel confident that a working solution will be found. There is no question about the IOC somehow taking a soft stance on doping.”
