Thomas Bach was in attendance as the Keynote Speaker at the Smartcities & Sport Summit in Lausanne, Switzerland this week. The summit is an initiative by the World Union of Olympic Cities organized in collaboration with the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
During the opening session, the IOC President shared the Olympic Movement’s vision of how cities’ initiatives can bring sport closer to the people in fostering a healthy cultural exchange in society.
Mayor Oh Se-hoon of Seoul, South Korea was in attendance to promote his city’s bid to host the 2036 Olympic Games.
Oh Se-hoon met with President Bach to voice his “strong will” to host the 2036 Olympics during the meeting. The two leaders had recently met as Bach was in Korea last week for the Association of National Olympic Committees.
Since the city’s last Olympic games in 1988 various sports facilities continue to be updated and built - as evidenced by the current $1.46 billion sports and entertainment complex in southeastern Seoul.
The mayor again emphasized the new project in their meeting articulating that the complex can be used as an multi-use facility for the 2036 Olympics.
Several nations, such as India, China, Turkey, Indonesia, and Qatar, have expressed their intention to join the race to host the 2036 Olympics. Other potential candidates such as Spain, Russia, Hungary and Germany are also expected to join the race.
A city official noted that Seoul is still open to the idea of co-hosting the Olympic event with North Korea. However, the chances of the two nations actually working together to host the event are uncertain due to their strained inter-Korean relations.
The Annual Meeting of the World Union of Olympic Cities is a platform to promote a proactive management of the Games’ legacies. The meeting encourages the many ways former, current and future host cities of the Games can maximize tangible and intangible legacies of the Games based on the sharing of experiences and knowledge.
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