Thomas Bach announced it to theAFP : Palestine will be present in less than 100 days at the Paris 2024 Games. We have made a clear commitment that, if no athlete qualifies on the field, the Palestinian National Olympic Committee will receive invitations.", assured the IOC President. A declaration which comes ten days after the visit to Lausanne, to the Olympic House, of a delegation from the Palestinian Olympic Committee led by its president, Jibril Rajoub. According to Thomas Bach, “ six or eight” Palestinian athletes could qualify in the coming weeks. In the event of failure, the IOC will draw from the quota of its invitations under “ Olympic universality » to secure them a place at the Paris 2024 Games.
