(ATR) Russian PresidentVladimir Putin will address some of the biggest names in the international sports world at the inaugural World Olympians Forum in Moscow.
Putin, IOC President Thomas Bach, and WOA patron Prince Albert II of Monaco will officially open the forum on Oct. 21. An address from World Olympians Association president Joel Bouzou will follow.
"We want to thank Putin and all the members of the Olympic family in Russia for making the hundreds of Olympians attending the forum from around the world feel so welcome," Bouzou said in a statement on Tuesday.
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