Jacques Rogge
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"Jacques Rogge, Count Rogge", Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George/KCMG is a Belgian people/Belgian sports administrator and physician who served as the eighth President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from 2001 to 2013.

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I declare the Games of the 28th Olympiad closed and, in accordance with tradition, I call upon the youth of the world to assemble four years from now at Beijing to celebrate with us there the Games of the 29th Olympiad.

Then would still come, of course, the second part. The sports movement would have to convince the governments.

We see green lights everywhere.

We are preparing for the joint team, which is going much further than just two teams parading together.

The figures demonstrate that worldwide interest in the Olympic Winter Games is high.

The indications from broadcasters are indeed positive and reinforce our commitment to making the Olympic Games available on free-to-air to as many people as possible.

(Turin organizers) are making every effort to find a solution. We are confident a working solution will be found.

I think the net is the tightest we can have. We are testing in and out of competition. We are testing in the (athletes') village, outside the village and in other countries where there are training camps. This is a control that is worldwide, not just in Piedmont or Italy.