(ATR) Reinstilling confidence in the Olympic Movement is the theme of the first day of the Association of National Olympic Committees General Assembly in Prague, Czech Republic.
Around the Rings is on the scene in the Czech capital where International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach opened the assembly with a keynote address rebuking the vast criticisms facing the Olympics. From doping and corruption scandals to lack of bid city interest, Bach says hope is not lost if the IOC and Olympic Movement as a whole can institute meaningful reforms.
"When we hear about these it is only about the challenges, which are maybe sometimes exaggerated, but we should never forget the full picture," Bach told the assembly. "We should always put this in perspective of all what we are doing, where we are going, what our values are, how we are defending and addressing these values."
There is a certain buzz around the Hilton Prague Hotel where the annual convention is taking place. ATR reporter Kevin Nutley describes the atmosphere of the assembly and the notable action of the first day in Prague.
Listen to the full conversation with Nutley and ATR Editor Ed Hula below:
Written by Kevin Nutley
Forgeneral comments or questions, click here.
25 Years at #1: Your best source of news about theOlympics is AroundTheRings.com, for subscribersonly.
Recent Articles
Sinner-Alcaraz, the duel that came to succeed the three phenomenons
Beyond the final result, Roland Garros left the feeling that the Italian and the Spaniard will shape the great duel that came to help us through the duel for the end of the Federer-Nadal-Djokovic era.
Table tennis: Brazil’s Bruna Costa Alexandre will be Olympic and Paralympic in Paris 2024
She is the third in her sport and the seventh athlete to achieve it in the same edition; in Santiago 2023 she was the first athlete with disabilities to compete at the Pan American level and won a medal.
Rugby 7s: the best player of 2023 would only play the medal match in Paris
Argentinian Rodrigo Isgró received a five-game suspension for an indiscipline in the circuit’s decisive clash that would exclude him until the final or the bronze match; the Federation will seek to make the appeal successful.
Rhonex Kipruto, owner of the world record for the 10000 meters on the road, was suspended for six years
The Kenyan received the maximum sanction for irregularities in his biological passport and the Court considered that he was part of a system of “deliberate and sophisticated doping” to improve his performance. He will lose his record and the bronze medal at the Doha World Cup.
Katie Ledecky spoke about doping Chinese swimmers: “It’s difficult to go to Paris knowing that we’re going to compete with some of these athletes”
The American, a seven-time Olympic champion, referred to the case of the 23 positive controls before the Tokyo Games that were announced a few weeks ago and shook the swimming world. “I think our faith in some of the systems is at an all-time low,” he said.
