Monte Carlo (AP) – The fact that it would be so easy, Thomas Bach did not think. At a rapid pace and without a single dissenting vote or abstention by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) adopted the 40 proposals for reform of its President in Monte Carlo. “
Even in my wildest dreams I would not have expected. It was a pleasant surprise and an important day for the IOC,” Bach said to be the most dramatic changes since the reform Congress in 1999 after the corruption scandal for the award of the Winter Games in Salt Lake City.
The 96 IOC members blessed the founding of an Olympic TV channel from now and a more flexible program design. The vote took a full nine hours a day – two days were intended. Only the proposed coffee break on Monday afternoon was not accepted unanimously.
15 months after taking office, put the top Olympian from Tauberbischofsheim with its Agenda 2020 the foundation for a realignment of its organization. The measures adopted to guide the IOC in a better future. “I’m sure we made the right decision for the future of the Olympic movement today,” said the 60-year-old. The real work starts only now. Bach and his cabinet have to make a prioritization of the measures adopted, leading the IOC in a better future and the games cheaper, more transparent and thus more attractive to future candidates are.
The decision of the previous limit 28 sports in the Summer Games and seven repealed when the Winter Games for an update on the program, evaluated IOC top official Dick Pound as “major breakthrough”. The scaled-down application process will meanwhile make especially the Winter Games more attractive for potential candidates from traditional winter sports countries that were quenched by 51 billion dollar Games in Sochi. Some disciplines or sports could be discharged in exceptional cases outside the Olympic city or even outside the host country for reasons of sustainability.
Already in 2015 the Olympics come transmitter. The cost of the digital channel were valued at 490 million euros for the first seven years.
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