OlympicGames Posted October 24, 2008 Report Posted October 24, 2008 Link to Article in Context: http://www.universalsports.com/ViewArticle...;ATCLID=1610283 Rogge to run for second term as IOC president Fri Oct 24, 2008 By Reuters ATHENS (Reuters) -- International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge informed his organization’s members on Friday he intended to stand for a second term in office, the IOC said. IOC spokeswoman Emmanuelle Moreau said the 66-year-old Rogge, first elected in 2001 for an eight-year term, had sent a letter to all members saying he would run for a second term during the election to be held next year in Copenhagen, Denmark. No other IOC member has announced their intention to run for the position of president and Rogge is likely to win unopposed. "Jacques Rogge today sent a letter to all IOC members announcing his candidature for a second, four-year term as IOC President," Moreau said. Senior IOC members welcomed his decision. "This is the right decision because eight years is too short and 12 years is enough time for him to complete his work," IOC Vice President Lambis Nikolaou told Reuters. Nikolaou said there would not be another candidate. "When an acting president is up for re-election there has never been anyone standing against him and this will be the case next year as well," Nikolaou said. Rogge had said success or failure of this summer's Beijing Olympics would largely dictate his decision on running again. The Games turned out to be a financial success for the IOC, whose revenues are set to continue to grow into the next four-year period despite the global economic downturn. The IOC was under constant criticism for awarding the Games to China given the country's human rights record. Rogge had defended the IOC's decision saying the Games were a force for good. CORRUPTION SCANDAL Rogge, a Belgian, succeeded Juan Antonio Samaranch as only the eighth IOC President since the organization was founded in 1894, two years prior to the first modern Games. His second term, should he win, will only be for four years following changes to the duration of the president's term since the time of Samaranch, who spent 21 years as IOC chief. Rogge took over the IOC at a sensitive time when the organization was wounded by the Salt Lake City corruption scandal involving bribes in return for votes from members. Several IOC members were forced out and others reprimanded in an affair that damaged the credibility of the IOC. Rogge presided over his first Games as IOC chief in Salt Lake City in 2002 and at his first summer Olympics in Athens four years ago. He also presided over the Turin 2006 and Beijing 2008 Olympics. If he wins his second term he will be in charge for two more Games -- the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics and the London 2012 Summer Games. Rogge has led the IOC's tough stance against doping in sport calling for stiffer sentences, more tests and pursuing the athletes' entourage to stamp out illegal drug-taking that has repeatedly marred top performances at the Games. The soft-spoken Belgian is also responsible for creating the Youth Olympic Games, a tool aimed at attracting a new generation of future Olympians and a younger global audience. An orthopaedic surgeon by profession, Rogge has a 40-year involvement with the Olympics, as a sportsman, a national Olympic team official and as an IOC member since 1991. He also competed in three editions of the Games as a yachtsman from 1968 to 1976 and played rugby for Belgium.
cfm Jeremie Posted October 24, 2008 Report Posted October 24, 2008 Shocker... Though Rogge is not a "bad" President, the IOC could have done with a younger President or a woman, or both.
Citius Altius Fortius Posted October 24, 2008 Report Posted October 24, 2008 Shocker... I think it is a kind of evidence of incapacity, that nobody of the IOC is challenging his position...
baron-pierreIV Posted October 25, 2008 Report Posted October 25, 2008 Shocker... Though Rogge is not a "bad" President, the IOC could have done with a younger President or a woman, or both. Sarah Palin, if she loses on November 4.
Citius Altius Fortius Posted October 25, 2008 Report Posted October 25, 2008 Sarah Palin, if she loses on November 4. If she wins the IOC-presidency... Anchorage 2018?
Rafa Posted October 25, 2008 Report Posted October 25, 2008 I'd like Nawal as president in 10 years .
cfm Jeremie Posted October 25, 2008 Report Posted October 25, 2008 I'd like Nawal as president in 10 years . She is seen as a credible candidate. Bach and her are considered as Rogge most likely successors.
micheal_warren Posted October 25, 2008 Report Posted October 25, 2008 any ideas on other successors? To me it is not really a surprise that he is running for a second term
Citius Altius Fortius Posted October 25, 2008 Report Posted October 25, 2008 If she wins the IOC-presidency...Anchorage 2018? and she would introduce a new Winter Sport: Hockey for Hockey Moms!
savas Posted October 25, 2008 Report Posted October 25, 2008 Gianna would be great!!! But i think her visions are others!!
Citius Altius Fortius Posted October 25, 2008 Report Posted October 25, 2008 Gianna would be great!!! But i think her visions are others!! Do you think she will want to become Greek president?
baron-pierreIV Posted October 25, 2008 Report Posted October 25, 2008 Unfortunately, past OCOG presidents have NOT moved into the IOC ranks. If there was anyone who could've been a fitting IOC president, it would've been Peter Ueberroth for staging the uber-successful Los Angeles Games without going into bankruptcy. But even he was never invited to become an IOC member. After Mrs. Palin, my other recommendation is Surya Bonaly... j/kidding!!
mr.x Posted October 25, 2008 Report Posted October 25, 2008 ^ well, we do have Gerhard Heiberg......he's one of the IOC's top members, and former head of Lillehammer.
cfm Jeremie Posted October 26, 2008 Report Posted October 26, 2008 ^ well, we do have Gerhard Heiberg......he's one of the IOC's top members, and former head of Lillehammer. Heiberg will be 64 in 2013: not impossible but quite old. Plus he needs to learn diplomacy. Whether Lillehammer lands the YOG 2012 will tell much about how much influence Heiberg truly have.
Rafa Posted October 26, 2008 Report Posted October 26, 2008 I would support Bach, and Nawal as his vice or deputy. She is has done a remarkable job.
savas Posted October 26, 2008 Report Posted October 26, 2008 Do you think she will want to become Greek president? Well, yes i believe that she wants to become Greek Prime Minister and this would be the best thing that could happen to Greece! Gianna has more power as 10 men together, she is extremely ambitious and has great visions. She is very interested in culture but is a great businesswoman at the same time. Also very inteligent. And this is the reason why she only attempts what she can achieve. She knows that she has many enemies (men politicians) who are jealous of her success and power! à propos: She also is Vice - Chair of Harvard University's "John F. Kennedy School of Government" since 1994 and in 2009, she will be nominated for election as Vice-Chair of the Dean's Council of London Business School and she will be honored by the London 2012 Organizing Committee, as one of the most successful Presidents of the Olympic Games. Additionally, she is going to contribute to the preparation of the London 2012 Summer Olympics, as honorary member of the Organizing Committee. She owns now one of Greeces biggest newspaper "Eleftheros Typos" and she was
Citius Altius Fortius Posted October 27, 2008 Report Posted October 27, 2008 Well, yes i believe that she wants to become Greek Prime Minister Would she be the first female Prime Minister of Greece?
baron-pierreIV Posted October 27, 2008 Report Posted October 27, 2008 Would she be the first female Prime Minister of Greece? oops...double post. Sorry.
baron-pierreIV Posted October 27, 2008 Report Posted October 27, 2008 Would she be the first female Prime Minister of Greece? since Elektra or Medea?
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