By Luis Enrique Gonzalez, Prensa Latina
Beijing : International Olympic Committee (IOC) Chair Jacques Rogge wished luck to world athletes in Beijing 2008, closing chapters of uncertainty and boycott and giving way to fair play in sports.Cuba Defends Beijing for Olympics
Rogge”s “see you soon” and the 205 Olympic committees” promise to guarantee training and presence of the best athletes on the sporting fields finished off the political maneuvers to undermine international confidence in China.
Nothing will stop Beijing 2008 from becoming the best Olympic Games ever, said all speakers at the IOC Executive Commission joint session with the 205 national Olympic committees.
“The sports movements unity and collaboration, expressed at the China World Hotel are the guarantee that the 29th Olympics Games will be a great success, as young world athletes hope,” read the meeting”s official statement.
The political boycott was crushed with a unanimous vote to defend athletes” right to compete in the Games, which should be protected from actions against their objectives, values, and principles.
After several days of debate, the Olympic world recognized Chinese authorities” effort to provide the necessary conditions for Beijing 2008.
All the facilities are in their final stage, four months ahead of the opening date, while the organizers are finalizing details of transportation and necessary infrastructure.
According to the IOC medical commission, the athletes and visitors will arrive in August to a clean city, unlike what was said in the media campaign against the Asian nation.
The national Olympic committees” solidarity was also expressed these days with the Guatemalan proposal, on behalf of the Americas, of organizing Olympic torch routes in all nations, in response to provocations against advance of the Olympic torch.
The main result of the IOC Executive Commission session with the national committees was the commitment to achieve the best Games in history, with fair play for young world athletes, said Rogge.