Having just taken up her post, Kirsty Coventry announced the creation of two working groups after consulting with IOC members in recent days in Lausanne. The first will be responsible for consider the date and procedures for electing the next hosts of the Games. " Members want to be more involved in the process and, secondly, there has been a very big discussion about when the next host should be awarded [the Games]., justifies the IOC president. We want learning lessons from LA and Brisbane, as well as the French Alps. The 2036 edition is already on everyone's mind.
The second working group will focus on the protection of women's competitions. « All the members present here, and those who were able to give us their feedback before leaving, overwhelmingly supported the idea that we should protect the women's category. We will therefore set up a working group made up of experts and international federations. The members agreed that the IOC should play a leading role in this area. We understand that there will be differences between sports, but it was agreed that, as members and as the IOC, we should make the effort to emphasize the protection of the female category, and that we should ensure that this is done in consensus with all stakeholders. » A subject recently (re)brought to light by World Boxing, which decided to impose gender tests for its athletes.
