India Could Still Bid For Olympics - IOC President

[GBModerator]

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge said Sunday that India can make a serious bid for the Olympics, despite the shambolic run-up to the

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[Citius Altius Fortius]

Of course every country/city can bid if it is selected by the IOC is something completely different...

[Ikarus360]

Like i said on another thread, they still have the chance of making things good, despite the dreadful previous weeks...as long as no more problems rise up again.

[FYI]

India probably should still bid regardless, but with the expectation that they most likely won't win. But at least, like with other aspects of life, that would get their foot in the IOC door. Since really India is a compelling candidate in the making.

India still would have to drastically improve their sporting prowess, infrastructure & political stability to have any sort of chance, but in the meantime, Y not at least get the bid wagon in motion. So by the time the Games rotate back to Asia (that's after Tokyo, of course) & with a couple of Olympic bids already under their belt, India would have far better chances at getting it.

[baron-pierreIV]

As I posted in the other thread...the problem with India is...like the rest of that Middle Eastern swath of the earth...the climate PRECLUDES a rather well-organized SOGs through the desire window of time: July-September. So, unless the major networks are willing to accept an October SOG, then Delhi, Dubai, Doha, Tel Aviv would all be viable Summer candidates.

[FYI]

What about a Sydney-like timeframe, LATE September (on the edge of October)? The networks didn't seem to have too much of a problem with that one.

And u know that in Dubai's, Doha's & Tel Aviv's cases, it's also political, not just the weather, that precludes them from being viable Summer candidates.

[Ikarus360]

As I posted in the other thread...the problem with India is...like the rest of that Middle Eastern swath of the earth...the climate PRECLUDES a rather well-organized SOGs through the desire window of time: July-September. So, unless the major networks are willing to accept an October SOG, then Delhi, Dubai, Doha, Tel Aviv would all be viable Summer candidates.

Indeed. Speaking about it, weather wasnt very merciful with the Delhi organization as well, because of the rains (which were also one of the main causes of the dengue outbreak on the city)

[baron-pierreIV]

Indeed. Speaking about it, weather wasnt very merciful with the Delhi organization as well, because of the rains (which were also one of the main causes of the dengue outbreak on the city)

With the size of the SOGs today, you can't have a rainy SOG because you can't have back-up dates on top of back-up dates of 25 sports (OK, the outdoor ones; but they will still impact the indoor-played ones) playing all-around the city. It will be chaos on everyone's schedule!!

[FYI]

Unlike Doha, Dubai & Tel Aviv though; India will be the world's most popullous country in just a few decades. Like China, at some point, the IOC is going to be compelled in going to India.

[Kenadian]

Except that India will still have to make a bigger impression in the sport performance arena. Yeah, they are the second largest (and on track to becoming the largest) nation by population, but they've only collected 20 medals in total from the 20 Olympics they competed in. They are not an Olympic power. Hungary and Romania have much richer Olympic traditions than India.

China has only competed in 8 Olympic Games (a rather random showing in 1952 and then back to seriously compete at LA 1984), but they collected 32 medals in their first big showing at the LA Games. Since then, they have a total of 385 medals - 100 of them collected in Beijing. India's best performance was 3 medals in Beijing. They only get one medal per Games and they skunked the games of Montreal, Los Angeles, Seoul, and Barcelona. Any plan for India to host the Olympics would have to be long term. Not 2020. But maybe 2028 or beyond.

[FYI]

^ummmm, that's pretty much what I said in my initial post in this thread.

At no point did I suggest that India would get 2020 or that they didn't need to dramatically improve their sporting prowess before they could be taken seriously.

Like I said before, not the next Asian rotation, but the one after that, & if India has made great strides in all their areas that they need major improvement in, not to mention one of the new emerging global economies, they can become a compelling candidate the IOC would have to take seriously.

Thirty years ago, I'm sure that nobody would've expected China to have hosted by 2010 &/or Brazil to be following soon thereafter.

[4seasonscentre]

What about a Sydney-like timeframe, LATE September (on the edge of October)? The networks didn't seem to have too much of a problem with that one.

Why was Sydney allowed to have a later Olympics? Were they not as strict about timing back then?

[FYI]

Because it would've been too cold in July or August. It was still pretty cool there in late September as it was.

[baron-pierreIV]

Because it would've been too cold in July or August. It was still pretty cool there in late September as it was.

And here vs. the Middle East, cooler is more acceptable than burning!!

[FYI]

India is not part of the Middle East. And Delhi's temps are not nearly as highs as Doha's & Dubai's July-Sept. N they're not that much hotters than Athens', Rome's & 'Hot'lanta's in the same period. They're called the 'Summer' Olympics afterall, & not the 'cooler' Olympics.

[Kenadian]

Actually...they are the Games of the Olympiad.

[Rob2012]

Had no idea this STILL hasn't been resolved.....

British Government hopeful for swift resolution to Delhi 2010 pay dispute

The British Government are hopeful of a resolution to a pay dispute involving media company SIS Live and the Government of India regarding the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games.

SIS Live had won a contract to provide Production and Coverage Facilities for the 19th edition of the Games, but claim they are yet to receive £29 million ($45 million/€40 million) owed to them following their broadcasting work.

British Member of Parliament Laurence Robertson raised the issue in the House of Commons ahead of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi visiting the United Kingdom next month.

In response the Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Hugo Swire, claimed the payment on funds to the British company was being pursued five-years on from the Games.

“In the case of SIS Live, the British high commission in New Delhi has provided consistent support to the company and urged the Government of India to resolve the dispute over payment,” he said.

“I personally raised this issue with the Indian high commissioner just yesterday, and we will continue to press for a satisfactory settlement.

“We very much hope this will be resolved before Prime Minister Modi comes here shortly.”

SIS chief executive Gary Smith has praised the Government for their support in the company’s bid to claim the funds and criticised the conditions in which they worked in during the course of the Games.

“We are very grateful for the consistent support we have received over the past five years from the British Government,” he said.

“The conditions under which we had to operate for the Delhi Games were notoriously difficult, but we delivered internationally acclaimed broadcast coverage of the very highest standard, on time and within budget.

“Five years have passed, and we are still waiting to be paid.”

The Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games had endured several problems including the threat of boycotts in the build-up due to security fears, however the 20th edition in the Scottish city of Glasgow last year was widely considered to be one of the more successful events in the Games' history.

http://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1031147/british-government-hopeful-for-swift-resolution-to-delhi-2010-pay-dispute

[baron-pierreIV]

/\/\ That's probably not the only UNRESOLVED debt.

[Alexjc]

/\/\ That's probably not the only UNRESOLVED debt.

Oh yeah...Join the long queue there.

This is the legacy that India will always fail on. Far too many hands in the 2010 pot to even notice where all the money went.

[reindeer]

India is not part of the Middle East. And Delhi's temps are not nearly as highs as Doha's & Dubai's July-Sept. N they're not that much hotters than Athens', Rome's & 'Hot'lanta's in the same period. They're called the 'Summer' Olympics afterall, & not the 'cooler' Olympics.

I think India's biggest problem, as well as some regions in South East Asia, is the monsoon season that hits them hardest during the months of July and August. It's not convenient to try to run marathons or compete in road cycling with torrential rain.

[baron-pierreIV]

Uhmmm, if you think the Rowing bay in Rio is quite polluted, think about this...

And they were going to put Wrestling in the Taj... just kidding!! But the picture ain't no kidding matter!!

[TorchbearerSydney]

Uhmmm, if you think the Rowing bay in Rio is quite polluted, think about this...

And they were going to put Wrestling in the Taj... just kidding!! But the picture ain't no kidding matter!!

I've never seen that angle on a postcard...

[Ikarus360]

When it comes to tourist investiment, of course they will always put the best angles on pics so everything looks much better than what really is. Then again the issue about rivers like Ganges being extremly polluted (not mentioning the dead bodies they always throw there) is not breaking news.