Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), assured this on Monday in Montevideo. Humanity “needs a reason to unite” and stressed that the next Olympic Games in Paris 2024 will be a “great opportunity” for everyone to come together “one pacifist competition.”
IOC PRESIDENT VISITS URUGUAY FOR COU’S 100TH ANNIVERSARY
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach visits Uruguay to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Uruguayan Olympic Committee.
— Uruguayan Olympic Committee (@prensacou) October 22, 2023
At a press conference he said that the German leader who arrived in Uruguay to accompany them to the local Olympic Committee on the occasion of his 100th birthday, he said:
The Olympic Games will be a great opportunity for everyone to unite in pacifist competition. In this divided world, in a world full of wars and confrontations.
He added that humanity needs the opportunity to unite, engage in dialogue and contribute to peace, detailing that Olympic Village athletes are “great ambassadors of peace and friendship.”
THOMAS BACH ON ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF THE URUGUAY OLYMPIC COMMITTEE
We share some of today’s highlights such as Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee,…
— Uruguayan Olympic Committee (@prensacou) October 22, 2023
Earlier, Bach explained at a conference that athletes from all over the world were there “They live together and in harmony,” so that you The Olympic Games are “a great symbol of peace.”
The IOC president also said that the idea of the event was to “unite the whole world” in peaceful competition and that there the athletes “ignored the differences that divide the world.”
For example, he stated that he hoped that Paris 2024 will bring together athletes from all over the world, emphasizing that these will be the first “completely equal”.
The Uruguayan team will represent its beautiful country as it deserves and will contribute to the pacifist mission of the Olympic Games. Peace is about creating a better world where everyone can thrive and where everyone is treated equally.
Furthermore, the former fencer, who was an Olympic medalist in Montreal in 1976, claimed that sport is “like the glue that binds communities together.” and allows people from different backgrounds to ‘make contacts and friends’.
Bach, recalling that the IOC created the 2016 Olympic team of refugee athletes, wrote:
Societies must look for ways to integrate migrants and refugees.
“I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to the COU for its active participation in the admission of refugee athletes. This shows that solidarity runs through the veins of the Uruguayan Olympic community,” he asserted.
Finally, Bach welcomed the COU on its 100th anniversary and took the opportunity to recognize “your president’s enormous contribution to the Olympic movement.” Julius Caesar Maglione.
The President of the IOC then attended the presentation of the postage stamp commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Uruguayan Olympic Committee, presented by the National Postal Administration.
(With information from EFE)
Source: La Neta Neta
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