but i know what the ioc determined. the ioc determined that the doctor was credible, and based on his evidence, they banned 43 of the athletes from the list for lifetime bans against any further olympic competition. so, it is obviously important to talk about the doctor's -- the corroboration and the verification that he is telling the truth. but you know what truthful person does? a truthful person tells tells te truth no matter whether the truth is guilt or innocence. and the ioc did something important based on the doctor's information. because he exonerated some athletes. there were two wrongly accused russian athletes, and rather than simply trying to blame everyone, the doctor called it out and said, ioc, i have no reason to believe these two people were involved. they weren't on the list, they didn't have scratches and marks. they didn't have salt content and i don't have any recollection of being told they were protect athletes and based on the doctor's evidence, the two athletes are now competing again. but the

determined the ioc -- i know what the ioc determined. the ioc determined dr. rodchenkov was credible and based on his evidence, they banned 43 of the athletes from the list for lifetime bans against any further olympic competitions. so it is obviously important to talk about dr. rodchenkov's corroboration and verification he is telling the truth. do you know what a truthful ?erson does wester they tell the truth whether it is guilt or innocence. exonerated some athletes. there were two wrongly accused russian athletes and rather than simply trying to blame everyone, dr. rodchenkov called it out and said, ioc, you have gotten this month. i have no recent to believe these two people were involved. they weren't on the list, they didn't have scratches and mark, salt,ks, they didn't have and i was not told they were protected athletes. based on dr. rodchenkov's evidence, the two athletes are now competing again. the ioc did something else important. it suspended not only a number of coaches, but a number of russian officials, including the current deputy prime mini

ioc.tional anthem, and damn sure not the ioc. the ioc told us no one was available _ sure not the ioc. the ioc told us no one was available for— sure not the ioc. the ioc told us no one was available for an _ sure not the ioc. the ioc told us no one was available for an interview, l one was available for an interview, but that the rule exist to protect the neutrality of sport. it says no kind of racial propaganda is allowed at the olympics. in the uk, athletes like greg thompson are struggling to see how this rule is fair after footballers have ta ken see how this rule is fair after footballers have taken any for the past year. to footballers have taken any for the ast ear. ., , ., ., past year. to be told that your ri . ht to past year. to be told that your right to expression _ past year. to be told that your right to expression is - past year. to be told that your right to expression is only - past year. to be told that your - right to expression is only allowed in a certain paradigm, a

that is their decision in the last few seconds from the ioc. with a uniform says the statement bearing the same, olympic athlete from russia and there will run under the olympic flag. and the olympic anthem will be played at any ceremony and not the russian national anthem. in addition just going through the details now, the minister of sport from russia, and also the deputy prime minister, someone very close also the deputy prime minister, someone very close to vladimir putin, he and his deputy have been excluded from any participation in all future olympic games. and that is quite the punishment, quite the sanction. for a man who of course is alleged to have been at the centre of russia and its dublin operations, allegations that it was state organised and further evidence of his participation being brought forward over the last few weeks. so we will go through this in some detail. —— doping operations. so russian athletes will be able to go to the winter olympics but they will compete as neutrals and will not be hearing the rational —— the r

what has the ioc done? the ioc has power, right? the power is right now the russian olympic committee is suspended, and the ioc retained for itself in this man the ability to continue that suspension if russia didn't behave -- man. if it didn't honor the ioc is decision. so all the ioc has to do is to pick up the phone and call dr. rodchenkov and say this ban will continue and these olympic games and future olympic games and less you leave our main witness alone. after all, he's testified, given affidavits, submitted evidence, has been corroborated. i think that's the least they can do is make a phone call. what has the ioc done? nothing. they sat by and watch this abort behavior and done not a a singe thing to stop the russians -- aboard. so let me ask you a question. do you think that embolden the russians when they act in this way and that one stops in? you tell me. because according to press reports, assuming they are true, russia responded by retaliating against the ioc and wada, right? according to press reports they hack the

so how should the ioc at themes. time has held russia accountable for its deception as prescribed in what is independent of the investigation. >> thank you for the question. we were clear of him with 13 other national anti-doping organizations from around the world who sent a letter to the ioc after the mclaren report and exposed russia institutionalized doping was established and said listen, you can't reward the olympic committee whose you responsibility it is as a member of the ioc who was complicit and it's according to some of the evidence as well as responsibility of their own country to ensure nothing like that ever happens. this is the antithesis of the movement and the values. don't allow them to come. they've done it in other circumstances that apartheid was not the south african embassy come because of actions by the state and things going on. they have the power to do it. i recommend the patient was still like the russian olympic committee there having uniform and consistent application by individual asp

the ioc mr. ignored a defining moment to confront, in the clearest way possible this win at all cost culture of doping and global sports. it was a chance to drawn an ambiguous line in the sand, to stand to stand up for clean athletes of the world. despite this however, two silver lining's have emerged. the first, more than ever before as you have heard today, athletes are mobilizing, voicing their their opinions and fighting more than ever before for a level playing field.ghting second, we we all have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to disrupt and transposition for the good of sport and make sure the kind of state-supported doping is never allowed to rear its ugly head again.do to get there the rotary form starts and ends with independence. we have long long advocated in front of this congress for a clear separation between those who promote sports and those who police sport. to do so is to have the fox t guarding the hen house. you cannot both promote and police your own sport. we, along with 2

it was not the ioc.ey have started the process of this by handing over the actual sanctioning to an independent body. it should be independent from other functions. of peoplehave a sense are in both entities? >> absolutely there is. wada recommended to ban the russians. when the decision came to the ioc, they voted opposite how they voted on the decision. they wear two hats and make two different outcomes. vote on who was awarded the let the games. >> i recognize mr. carter. >> i yield back. >> i thank you for being here. you would takee time out to be with the spread i want to thank you mr. nelson. we are glad to have you here. what people don't recognize or realize is we've got some really nice food courts in georgia. certainly not nice enough to warn you been awarded a medal and i'm very sorry you had to receive it that way. i was researching a little bit. you first heard of this to a reporter? >> yes, sir. i had no official contact from the ioc. what i can say is the process is better now and there h

mi'm the medical and scientific director of the ioc. ooichl pleased to have the opportunity to present to you on behalf of the ioc, on strengthening the international antidoping system. the protection of clean athletes has been a priority. our responsibility is broader than that across the whole olympic family. perhaps that's the most important thing they did in the field of antidoping is. for the first two year, it was totally funded by the ioc, then became a partnership, 50-50 and now, the ioc funds it to the tune of 14 million a year and of course, the sporting community as a whole spends hundreds of millions of dollars a year on antidoping. more recently with the gender 20-20, the importance of protecting the clean athlete was really put central within the strategy and since then, there have been two olympic summits, which have called for increase in independence, harmonization and increased transparency. now, my own personal and professional commitment to this began in 1984 when as a rowing athlete, i won a gold medal los angeles.

you say it was right for the ioc not to get i was right for the ioc not to get involved with the sexuale situation? and evenif to help resolve the situation? and even if the response was to be yes, they could step in, that would be great, what the ioc can do about that, i don't know. the ioc doesn't deal directly with the chinese government. it deals with organising committees. the body set up to examine discrimination in cricket says that more than 2,000 people have come forward in the past two weeks to share their experiences. the independent comission for equity in cricket launched its call for evidence from anyone connected to the sport earlier this month. the county game has seen a number of former players come forward, following azeem rafiq's testimony of the racist abuse he suffered at yorkshire. jahid ahmed has become the third former essex player to claim that he was the victim of racism at the club. he said he was bullied by a senior coach and his accent was mocked during his four years at the county. essex said they are disheartened to hear of his allegations and are investig

we have agreed with the ioc manipulation. we have agreed with the 10c athletes commission that for the 10c athletes commission that for the reallocation of medals we will do our best to organise a ceremony for athletes during the olympic winter games in 2018 to try to make up winter games in 2018 to try to make upfor winter games in 2018 to try to make up for the moments they have missed on the finishing line by the podium. the ioc has proposed and has undertaken measures for a more robust anti—doping system under the leadership of wada so that something like this can hopefully not happen again. you have already received the decision of the 10c executive board and you have received the full report of the commission presided by mr schmidt and this is exactly the report which the 10c executive board had this afternoon when taking the decisions. so please allow me to summarise these decisions. the russian 0lympic summarise these decisions. the russian olympic committee is suspended with immediate effect. individual clean russian

and, quote, the ioc failed to lead. finally, you said, history will not judge the ioc's decision kindly. is that an accurate -- >> it is. >> so i want to ask you, mr. tygart, what should the ioc and the anti-doping community be doing now to address the findings of wada's independent investigation? >> i think outside of the reform proposals that we have put forward which we think are critically important in the 22 plus nados from around the world agree, the silver bullet if there is one to curing this is removing the fox from guarding the hen house. while it wasn't in the ioc's prepared remarks that were submitted yesterday, i think i heard that that is something they're prepared to do, remove sport leaders from the wada governance board and if that's the case, that goes a long way in solving the concerns. they also have to finish the investigation and ensure that the individual cases are followed up on and any athletes from around the world that were robbed get their rightful place on the podium and given a meaningful c

the ioc putting out its - go again. the ioc putting out its position in very difficult positions.ot of countries that will put you in jail. war there is a lot of countries that will put you injail. this is war there is a lot of countries that will put you in jail. this is where protecting athletes, removing from the game and making sure that every other country can compete peacefully for that and it's time for russia to pay the price and set out these games. the ioc is not about criminal law, the knot above the law. as a result they need to really take a closer look in the mirror and say, it's time for russia to have a timeout, it's time for russia to be removed from the games and let other countries compete peacefully. russia is having a terrible devastation on ukraine for that and by allowing them to compete means the ioc is supporting the war in ukraine. you sa the supporting the war in ukraine. you say the loc— supporting the war in ukraine. you say the m has — supporting the war in ukraine. you say the ioc has lost its moral compass in your view. if they do allow russian and

that is what this is about in the ioc should be condemned and that guy should be fired from the ioc and somebody's going to get hurt. lisa: so many people who watch this are little girls and they grow up and some become olympic athletes because the beacon watching this when their children and others in the

when an ioc board member becomes president of wada, wada is beholden to ioc.. the question is, what wada do we want? do we want a global regulator that has teeth to do the right thing and a half of global athletes, or do we want a puppet that once results outcomes based on something other than fair play. i can assure you that is what we are going to work for. there is a void in anti—doping enforcement at the top, and we have to move towards that effort. thank you forjoining us. we really appreciate your time. there is support for the decsion to reinstate russia. the ioc‘s athlete commission issued a statement yesterday saying it would welcome a decision to get russian athletes back competing. and — speaking before it was confirmed — svetlana zhurova, a former speed skater turned politician, said russia had recognised it's mistakes and should be allowed back in. there is political pressure, exploiting the situation and general pressure. there were mistakes made as well, which we recognised— our president to— and we fixed them. so i don't understand people say w

members of the ioc executive board held the teleconference on tuesday. they said in a statement they have established a disciplinary commission to speed up the procedures to hold those responsible for involvement in systematic doping. the ioc leaders also say they will explore legal options with regard to a collective ban of all russian athletes from the rio games versus the right to individual justice. they say they will carefully evaluate the report and will consider a decision by the court of arbitration for sports on july 21st. the court will decide on the participation of russia's track and field athletes in international events. the ioc did not hesitate to take other measures including disciplinary action against russian officials mentioned in the latest report.

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you feel that currently the ioc is too ambiguous? i think it| the ioc is too ambiguous?t needs a really clear policy - the ioc is too ambiguous? i think it needs a really clear policy and - the ioc is too ambiguous? i think it needs a really clear policy and i'm l needs a really clear policy and i'm not sure that policy is clear enough at the moment. this not sure that policy is clear enough at the moment.— not sure that policy is clear enough at the moment. as head of athletics, sebastian coe _ at the moment. as head of athletics, sebastian coe stood _ at the moment. as head of athletics, sebastian coe stood up _ at the moment. as head of athletics, sebastian coe stood up to _ at the moment. as head of athletics, sebastian coe stood up to russia - sebastian coe stood up to russia over state—sponsored doping and award the prize money to gold medallists, and if he emerges victorious among seven candidates in 1442 00:20:35,297 --

the ioc issued a fairly _ the reaction from the ioc?cal— the reaction from the ioc? the ioc issued a fairly critical statement, i issued a fairly critical statement, actually. they said they had been trying to get in contact with the north koreans, by telephone conference, and that had not happened, so they had not received, they are saying, and official application from north korea under the other pic charter. this is what has to happen, this is the protocol. countries that cannot attend the games for any reasons, they need to contact the ioc and explain why, and the ioc will then sign that off, but that has not happened so far. in terms of other countries, as i say, most have expressed confidence in the japanese organisers ability to deliver a safe games. athletes around the world, or if course, are preparing for the olympics. they are expecting to go ahead. we have seen these playbooks introduced by the organising committee which detail infine in fine detail what athletes can and cannot do come restricted access to areas, apart from

i think that's why perhaps today here at the ioc headquarters they seem so relu cta nt to ioc headquartersbility. president thomas bock himself gave an unscheduled statement this afternoon in which he made clear they were committed to games as scheduled. —— thomas bach. he is known for being a man who can be defined that time and hard to waiver, and he very much wanted to get that across today. in truth, he been bounced into that to a certain extent by the comments of the japanese olympics minister earlier in the day who said that under the contract that tokyo's authorities have with the ioc, it is possible for those going to be delayed by several months towards the end of this year if required. bach didn't ta ke this year if required. bach didn't take any questions today so we couldn't learned what the potential plan b might be. or how late they could make a decision. a senior ioc member did say a decision can be left until as late as the end of may. but i think it gives you an insight into the difficulty that the ioc's insight into the difficulty that the ioc‘s leadership faces given the

how much a is on the face of the ioc at the moment -- how much egg is on the face of the ioc at the momoment? oliver: a hell of a lot. it got to be honest, mostly because everybody knew this was unenforceable. i remember checking the news agency and watching the announcement and immediately thinking it is legally unsound, to say the least. seeing a lot of commentators say exactly the same thing. you could ask if we all knew that, why did the ioc not yet been on top of that, it's unfair. pupunishing someone for somethig they have already been punished for is completely archaic. that's not the way you run an organization or anything these days. christopher: how does this kind of thing happen? does the ioc not have legal advisers? did they not foresee this reaction? oliver: the only thing i can imagine as they did not actually consult lawyers. i think any lawyer would have told them that what they are trying to do is called double jeopardy, and it's not allowed. the court of arbitration already made a ruling on double jeopardy within sport and said the ioc or anany other sports federerations no

the ioc said it would begin talks with japan. the organizing committee, the tokyo metropolitan, and central governments on the best way to handle developments. ioc president thomas bach says he is confident there would be a decision in four weeks. the government of the host city says there are a number of issues to tackle including the issue of the athlete's village. the facilities, changed into residential units. people expect to start living in them 2023. >> translator: there are many stake holders invololved in the tokyo 2016 games. so i think it would take four weeks toeaear from each o of th. i think the metropolitan government is the most important stake holder and we will express our opinions in the negotiations. >> meanwhile, the head of the tokyo olympic organizing committee also spoke after the ioc announcement saying he agrees the new coronavirus could force the games to be postponed. >> t translatotor: the situatio with the virusus is growing mor severe a as itt spreads to new regions particularly in the u.s. and euro

yeah, the ioc concerns, aren't they, alex?nance the way they've been running competitions, which is why they've taken control of it leading up to the paris games? the world championships are taking place at the moment in tashkent. a number of countries have boycotted those and probably the same countries that have formed this breakaway to to challenge against the iba. where are we at with that? yes. and a number of countries, they've actually boycotted this event because boxing has decided to allow athletes from russia and belarus to compete under their national flags. and that's contravenes ioc guidance, which says they could compete but only as individual neutral athletes. so that's why countries have boycotted the events. it was the same reason they boycotted the women's world championships in delhi recently, and kremlev was asked about the breakaway governing body announced last month and said that they had to do something about boxing's future in the olympics. they wanted to rescue the sport so that it would be part of th

the ioc has become _ cities to host the olympic? the ioc has become a _ cities to host the olympic?t the olympic? tie: ioc has become a partner in trying to promote both environmental sustainability, but also economic sustainability. the ioc got a wake—up call when the city after city after city dropped out of the bidding for both this paris 0lympics out of the bidding for both this paris olympics and the beijing olympics. faced with the prospect that you wouldn�*t have any cities hosting these events. the ioc said they better make this a much better deal financially. better make this a much better dealfinancially. i better make this a much better deal financially.— deal financially. i know you s - oke deal financially. i know you spoke about _ deal financially. i know you spoke about was _ deal financially. i know you spoke about was in - deal financially. i know you spoke about was in the - deal financially. i know you i spoke about was in the past, but do you think there�*s an argument of maybe having a few select cities. do you have there could be a feasible option. there could

i ask the ioc to intervene.manouskaya was due to compete in the women's 200 metres on monday but had complained on social media about being entered into another race at short notice. she claims on sunday officials came to her room and gave her an hour to pack her bags before being escorted to tokyo's hameda airport. on the way to the terminal she contacted the belarusian sports solidarity foundation, a group that supports athletes jailed or sidelined for their political views. translation: this whole situation began when - pro—government and propaganda channels started a negative campaign against her. the campaign was quite serious and that was a clear signal that her life would be in danger in belarus. after that she began to worry and then today she was told she would leave tokyo immediately and deported to belarus, she understood her life was in danger. last year, protests against the current belarus president, alexander lukashenko and his disputed re—election in august were brutally cracked down on. he is ba

i asked the ioc to intervene. consent. i asked the ioc to intervene-— consent.ed the ioc to intervene. , ., ., intervene. tsimanouskaya was due to compete _ intervene. tsimanouskaya was due to compete in _ intervene. tsimanouskaya was due to compete in the - intervene. tsimanouskaya wasl due to compete in the women's 200 metres on monday but had complained on social media about being entered into another race at short notice. she claims on sunday officials came to her room and gave her one hour to pack her bags before being escorted to tokyo's and either airport. on the way to the terminal, she contracted the television —— belarusian spot solidarity commission, a group who support athletes jailed or sidelined for their views. translation: this whole situation began when pro—government and propaganda channel started a negative campaign against her. this campaign against her. this campaign was very serious. and that was a clear signal that her life would be in danger in belarus. after this, she began to worry and today was told she would be leaving tokyo immediate

it's the only program without an ioc date. that is initial operational capability, has a milestone b decision, but it's the only one that has no ioc date. the problem is, and this is something we found over and over, we get in trouble, whether it's ship building or anything else, we start building a product and we don't have a final design. that means you have to go back and rework everything and that runs the cost through the roof. this amendment i have is about transparency. it's about accountability, and it's about project management. it's an idea we ought to be very careful of building something when we don't know what it is that we're building. now uthere is two pots of money. the first is the development and the design and development money. this amendment leaves that completely untouched. the second pot of money is the procurement dollars. and what this does, it freezes half of the procurement dollars until we get an ioc date. now the ioc date should have been given to us right after it passed its milestone b. but even

and this freezes half of the procurement dollars until we get an ioc date now the ioc date should have been given to us right after it passed the milestone "b." but even if we got a date some time this year, this is not going to affect the program at all. all we're doing is saying we want to play for real. if you cut half the procurement money out, that would take effect in march of 2013. so all we're saying is some time in the next year almost we want some type of an ioc date. this also affects other programs because we have fighter short falls. how do you plan what you're going to do when you don't know what the date is. so that's the purpose of the amendment is to simply say we want the pentagon to really let us know. tell us when it is that we really know when we've got -- we know we have a finished product that can be delivered. and i don't really -- it doesn't make a lot of difference to me how people want to approach this thing. we have ourselves one big project management problem here that's about to zap us if we don't take some type of kreblgtive action. and promises from the

we understand the ioc plans to release new policies. _ the ioc plans to release new policies, but i guess— concerning is last week, we heard the chief medical science adviser— heard the chief medical science adviser say everyone agrees that— adviser say everyone agrees that trans women are women. not only is— that trans women are women. not only is that _ that trans women are women. not only is that statement demonstrably false because there — demonstrably false because there are many people who otwenty— there are many people who openly disagree, but the concern _ openly disagree, but the concern is how can the ioc promote _ concern is how can the ioc promote fairness and safety if they— promote fairness and safety if they believe adult human females... the fastest woman in the wortd's— females... the fastest woman in the world's only beaten by 15,000 _ the world's only beaten by 15,000 men and boys, and they usually— 15,000 men and boys, and they usually don't come within the top10% — usually don't come within the top 10% about the best thousand mates _ top 10% about the best thousand ma

you have mcdonald's which has a deal with the ioc through 2012. you know, they are based here and they would have spent a lot more money had it been chicago. i was told by tony ventura, he told me he thought there was 30 to 50% more advertising if it was a u.s. city. the favorite is rio. one hour time difference to u.s. time. you got to go with that u.s. tv reits. everyone is shocked here and i don't think anybody expected it. >> phil, twhafs reaction there when you heard the news? >> i think people were beyond stunned, melissa. it wasn't oh, it was silence. it was total silence. people expected that chicago would at least get to the final two cities, chicago and rio and not be knocked out in the first-round of voting. everybody is going why not? there's nothing now. it's over. it wasn't even a gasp. >> phil, we had some advanced warnings of this. some of the ioc people and commentators were talking about chicago political corruption. which i think may have played a role in this. now let me ask you, if you read the papers this morning that's what

it's important to say that it is the ioc and only the ioc that seems to have gotten permission to contacti in this way. ros: the wta may be winning more praise, but by remaining involved with china, the ioc arguably has better access. >> they are the only people who have managed to speak to her twice in the last month. in some ways, they have been more effective in ensuring she is safe because they have managed to talk with her. it is difficult to know when it comes with china, whether the outside pressure will force a change or just make them dig in deeper. we are trying to figure that out right now, what is the best way to make china change course in many areas, not just with peng shuai, but other areas sh as xinjiang, hong kong. it is hard to know what actually changes the china's communist party's behavior. at least the women's tennis association has said in good conscience, they cannot cooperate. ros: the duchess of sussex has won her legal fight against the publisher of a british newspaper which printed extracts of a letter that she had written to her father. she described the rulin

amy: i want to go to the ioc to play a clip of the ioc officials who held a news conference in tokyong about -- well, the president tried to reassure reporters about the effectiveness of the organization's protocols. >> from february to mid may, about 1000 people have been given a special grant to enter japan were tokyo 2020 took the responsibility for their entry. there was one person that tested positive at the airport, but zero cases during the 14 day period where activities were restricted. this proved the coronavirus measures from the second version of the playbook actually worked. amy: jules boycoff, if you can talk about this remarkable situation where you have a country that is spiking with covid and you have this enormous pressure of the ioc -- it could be country ioc's will go bankrupt if again the olympics are not held? if you could talk more about the big business of the ioc and also about the athletes. what happens to athletes who have been preparing for these years. >> listening to the officials in tokyo as well as the international olympic committee, it sounds a bit li

now the ioc died because of that bomb. now the ioc has— died because of that bomb.ine _ request, which has prompted an online petition which has been gathering tens of thousands of integers, but as far as i can tell the ioc— integers, but as far as i can tell the ioc will continue the games without— the ioc will continue the games without that move —— moment of silence _ without that move —— moment of silence which of course as you can imagine _ silence which of course as you can imagine has— silence which of course as you can imagine has caused quite a bit of his woman — imagine has caused quite a bit of his woman among the japanese public because _ his woman among the japanese public because of— his woman among the japanese public because of what the olympics are supposed — because of what the olympics are supposed to symbolise. absolutely. was a hugely _ supposed to symbolise. absolutely. was a hugely important _ supposed to symbolise. absolutely. was a hugely important moment. supposed to symbolise. absolutely. | was a hugely important moment for japan. it is al

the ioc specialises in spectacle.ollow all the results from the olympics live as they happen on the bbc sport website and our app. and you can get involved using the hashtag bbc olympics. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. the united states is to give the commanders of its military forces injapan more operational control. the announcement follows talks between us secretary of state antony blinken and his japanese counterpart, who identified china as a growing risk. two men have died after a light aircraft crashed in north yorkshire. police were called to thorganby, near selby, just before 10am, after a two—seater plane came down in a field. two men in their 20s, believed to be the pilot and a passenger, were pronounced dead. and there was controversy at the belgian grand prix. british driver george russell took the chequered flag, but was disqualified when his car was found to be underweight. his mercedes team—mate, lewis hamilton, was named the winner in his place. now, there's some big news fo

i think that if the ioc had started _ place? i think that if the ioc had started planning - place?tarted planning and - place? i think that if the ioc. had started planning and doing a much betterjob of planning a year ago, a much betterjob of planning a yearago, it might a much betterjob of planning a year ago, it might have been possible to do this safely, and i would have been glad to participate in that risk assessment. i think right now, with the delta variant now widespread, everywhere, not just in a few countries, and it is likely to be coming to japan, where the vaccination rates are low, i do think this is a very risky proposition. but we have been arguing there were ways to make this a safe, but it required a better assessment of risk and a better set of controls than the ioc has put in place.— has put in place. thank you very much _ has put in place. thank you very much indeed. - has put in place. thank you very much indeed. thank . has put in place. thank you i very much indeed. thank you. the german chancellor says the world must hurry in the battle against climate cha

a former ioc president spaniard pulling a lot of weight there.k about the rio bid and alan abrahamson was doing a lot of that. they had this map with red dots all over it to signify places which had held the olympics and then this huge void there in south america. so when you and i were talking, chuck, not 30 minutes ago, we talked about keeping it simple and we could go and we could try and interpret what this is going to mean for the white house and how is this going to be played out, what the spin is going to be and what all of the nay-sayers are going to say but if you keep it simple, maybe it's fair that it goes to rio? do you think that will be something that comes out of the white house? >> guess what? we're all going to be experts about this after we know who won. >> right. >> if madrid gets it, see, it's about having the insider angle and having that former president of the ioc making a final pitch. and if it's rio, we're all going to be experts how, see, it's geographic. so i mean, that is what is so difficult about something like this.

you're saying ou have the ioc except that? you're saying you have to _ the ioc except that?mpics? i think in the press conference, i think in the press conference, i think it�*s that we had to meet certain criteria with regards to it. and i think we can do that with the horse riding. he didn�*t mention any problem with the horse riding in particular, and the showjumping events have been accepted. if we can change the format of horse riding, i don�*t see why that limits our sport in the same criteria in the way horse writing itself reaches such a big audience. jae horse writing itself reaches such a big audience-— horse writing itself reaches such a big audience. now, we�*ve known for some time that the covid pandemic has had an adverse effect on organised sport and therefore on activity levels in the general uk population, and despite the efforts to address the problem, the levels are still described as �*stagnant�*. so, a radical new plan has been suggested by a group of peers from the house of lords, which they hope will change things. what we are proposing is a revolution

this is unclear, the athlete in theory could appeal to the ioc to compete as a neutral. winter olympics because of those allegations but the ioc will allow 169 athletes to compete as neutrals at the games so in theory these athletes could compete if they appeal to the ioc but the ioc have said that whilst there are disappointed by the decision it does not mean these athletes are clean nor does it mean there will be invited to compete at there will be invited to compete at the games. the russian authorities said the delighted and justice has been done and they hope the ioc the decision made. if they do not, they can go to court so it is not the ideal scenario, not the ideal scenario with the game so close. there were another 11 russian doping bans considered by cas today. what happened with them. they received partial bans and so their lifetime olympic ban is lifted but they will be banned from competing at the pyeongchang games. the sporting authorities said there was evidence to show there was some form of cheating that had happened. the situation is it has implications

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>> i didn't hear the ioc members , the ioc members haven't heard the program.hink in anything that could be as potentially serious as a sexual harassment claim, anybody who is not speaking his or her first language would probably want to have somebody there that could help in the event that the vocabulary, the personal vocabulary was not up to the complexity of the subject. so i don't see anything sinister about that. david: follow-up -- to follow up, has the ioc been in touch? have you had conversations with authorities in beijing particularly about these allegations and claims? >> have i? no. i am a member at large of the ioc, i'm not on the executive order. i'm not the chair of our athletes commission. i'm not the chinese member in beijing and i'm not the president of the ioc, but they were all satisfied with the content and the atmosphere and all of that about the conversation. so i think i would prefer to rely on people who had the actual contact rather than those who tried to have it and haven't been able to achieve it. rishaad: can u.s. wage this -- can

like paris, it received praise from the ioc.ues, engaging the youth, those things literally go away and become certain deliverables as part of our bed. yes, there are challenges facing the 0lympic movement, and we can, the waters for seven years —— calm the waters. the ioc has become accustomed to being courted by heads of state. but unlike in the past, the evaluation commission will only decide between two cities, after a host of others pulled out due to a lack of public or political support. it could force the ioc into uncharted territory. whichever city loses looks set to be offered by 2028 games as they can relation price, as the ioc considers an unprecedented two games deal in september to avoid the of having no bidders. it is something we all have to look at and we all have to figure out why, you know, our events are not maybe as attractive as they were 20 or 30 years ago. we should always be challenging ourselves as to how would commit these events more appropriate for local community —— how we can make. we need to commun

area, and light pink, aligning our ioc wit. it n general larger, though some areas will fall out of the ioc after the update, such as in the outer sunset or ingleside and around ocean avenue within an ioc roadway. segments and intersections are exempt from loss deficiency planni requirements, and local alternative alternate methods to measure and mitigate roadway congestion. san francisco's congestion management program network on the map, with lines in various shades of blue with, with the proposed ioc update, the segment of i-80 from the bays 1 in soma would now be within an ioc, andt need to develop a deficiency plan, focus on private vehicular delay for this segment, but could focus o people and goods consistent with city policy. there are no other substantial implications for making the proposed ioc update.m happy to take any questions. so from my more i don't have questions, but just to sort of sa pretty simply, what i believe this does, you know, the stateictions to plan to manage congestion. and the wayt we measure cong

if there are no objections, then ioc members will accept the changes. they have already informed the ioc members in various sports associations. tokyo's coordinating committee members will meet the ioc counterparts in november. and that's when they will report their progress. and they will submit the basic plan to the ioc by february. >> so how ready is tokyo? >> yeah, japan is preparing for an influx of people. the organization committee emphasized the japanese people want to offer a warm welcome to the competitors and visitors. taxi drivers are learning english. and there's also been a big push to nurture athletes. >> thank you very much. >>> two japanese wheelchair tennis players are dreaming of becoming paralympic champions in front of the home crowd in six years' time. they inched closer to their goals at the u.s. open in new york on sunday. komiji won the women's turnal and kunieda the men's. kamiji defeated the defending champion of the netherlands 6-3, 6-3. the 20-year-old japanese rising star broke the dutch dominance of the tournament at flush

the ioc said - decision now? it's a good point. the ioc said that l decision now?as a huge dilemma for them. they had been massively politicised and they received some pressure. on one hand, when russia invaded ukraine in last february, some sports bodies disqualified russian athletes. they moved sports events, sponsors and their contracts, but on the other hand, the ioc sees the olympics as having this really important unifying mission, you know, this very well—known international event where people from all over the world come together. and also, they feel that athletes who might have been preparing, trading for this for their whole lives should not be punished, should not be penalised because of the war in ukraine.— war in ukraine. ok, thank you very much _ war in ukraine. ok, thank you very much the _ war in ukraine. ok, thank you very much the latest - war in ukraine. ok, thank you very much the latest on - war in ukraine. ok, thank you very much the latest on that. l stay with us on bbc news. we like to learn and play! sesame street cocreator lloyd morrisett,

there is a warm glow at the ioc still on the sydney games.ueensland delivered the gold coast commonwealth games only a couple of years ago and many of australia�*s top olympic athletes are from brisbane and the surrounding area. there have also been events where a place spends a tonne of money and ends up with white elephant buildings that are hardly used after that. how do you avoid that? the rules have changed, and the ioc is coming to the modern world, and their rules now require cities to think about legacy, sustainability projects, and that is how brisbane has gone about it. i have been briefed occasionally by the queensland government on their thinking and i have been impressed, having gone through six years of the london bidding process, how detailed the queensland bidding team are, and in fact how unified the federal state and the mayoral office, as well as the australian olympic committee, who are very ably led byjohn coates, extremely experienced official. they have got everything going for them, and it is impressive to watch from t