On the event of the Olympic Qualifier Collection in Shanghai from Could 16-19, IOC President Thomas Bach visited China. All through his go to he was accompanied by IOC Members in China, Yu Zaiqing, Li Lingwei and Zhang Hong. Additionally current was IOC Vice President Ng Ser Miang of Singapore.
President Bach was welcomed to China by the President of the Chinese language Olympic Committee, Gao Zhidan. Earlier than witnessing the Chinese language podium sweep within the ladies’s occasion of the BMX freestyle park competitors on the Olympic Qualifier Collection, the IOC President and the COC President mentioned a variety of Olympic issues together with the impression of geopolitical tensions on sport, preparations for the Olympic Video games Paris 2024, actions regarding esports and the Olympic Synthetic Intelligence (AI) Agenda.
Additionally, with regard to AI, each leaders highlighted the significance of giving equal entry to all people within the Olympic Motion with a purpose to slender the hole between athletes from privileged and fewer privileged Nationwide Olympic Committees.
That is consistent with the Olympic Motion’s precept of non-discrimination and solidarity, which ensures that each NOC, which respects the Olympic Constitution, can take part and totally profit. The COC welcomed the initiatives of the IOC within the subject of esports and the necessity to guarantee respect for the Olympic Values. The IOC President invited the COC to take part within the IOC esports fee.
“Shanghai has given the Olympic Qualifier Collection a improbable begin. I can solely thank and congratulate Shanghai and the Chinese language Olympic Committee on this electrifying occasion. It went far past our expectations. Shanghai has demonstrated as soon as once more its status as a metropolis of innovation, additionally with regard to world sport occasions,” mentioned the IOC President.
In a gathering with the Celebration Secretary of Shanghai, Chen Jining, President Bach congratulated him on the success of the Olympic Qualifier Collection, which welcomed 45,000 spectators. He thanked him for the efforts of Shanghai to organise the occasion.
Throughout his keep in Shanghai, the IOC President obtained an Honorary Professorship from the Shanghai College of Sport.
In his acceptance speech President Bach mentioned: “It’s this Olympic mission that connects the Olympic group with the Shanghai College of Sport. Along with your academic mission and holistic method – the combination of Thoughts and Physique – you might be bringing the Olympic values of excellence, respect, peace and solidarity to the following technology of athletes, coaches, sport educators and professionals. By means of your work, you might be selling these beliefs of sport in society and bringing them to life.”
