The IOC president announces that a German bid for the Olympics has no chance as long as Germany does not submit to the IOC demands and guarantee Vladimir Putin's state athletes full freedom of movement. The DOSB, just recently under SPD control, has already hired a former CDU politician.
Are you sitting comfortably? Please take a deep breath. Make sure you can't fall out of your chair – and read the naked truth about Berlin's ability of hosting the Olympics. Facts, nothing but facts. So not what the DOSB and German politicians and some dubious lobbyists are telling you.
There are growing signs that the Indian government and the Modigarchs are counting on being chosen to host the 2036 Summer Olympics as early as the first half of 2025. One piece of the mosaic after the other is coming to light – for example, this...
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At a board meeting, DOSB discussed a ‘worst-case scenario’ and is looking for solutions for several million euros that will soon be lost due to a reduction in IOC royalties of around 30 per cent. On another topic: there are, of course, still no concepts and budgets for the so-called Olympic bid.
Berlin wants to host the 2040 Olympics as the centre of a German bid. Politicians claim, the city has almost all the sports facilities. Yet the German NOC only lists 12 suitable locations in Berlin - and even that is an exaggeration. Roughly half of them are suitable for the Olympics.
Thomas Bach has been re-elected as IOC President for a final term without any opponents or opposition. Using Bach’s doctoral thesis as a departure point, Jens Weinreich describes how constantly planning for the future has provided Bach with an unprecedented hold on power in the Olympic system.
