World Triathlon President and IOC member Marisol Casado has been named a new member of the Future Host Commissions for the Games of the Olympiad and the Olympic Winter Games of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The Commission will be chaired by Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, the President of the IOC just announced.
Mrs. Casado is also member of the
Women in Sport Commission since 2014, Public Affairs and Social Development
through Sport Commission since 2015, Coordination for the Games of XXXIII
Olympiad Paris 2024, Coordination of the Games of the XXXIV Olympiad Los
Angeles 2028 and the Olympic Solidarity Commission since 2017. She is also an
IOC member since 2010, and chairs the Gender Equality Review Project Working
Group. She is one of the only three female Presidents of International
Federations. In addition, she is a member of the ASOIF Council and Treasurer of
the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF).
An IOC member since 2020, Mrs
Grabar-Kitarović is a former President of the Republic of Croatia. She will lead the Commission with immediate
effect. The previous Chair, Kristin Kloster Aasen, stood down following her
election to the Executive Board of the IOC, because no EB member can serve on
the Future Host Commissions, to ensure the broader participation of the IOC
Session in the selection procedure.
The new approach to electing Olympic
hosts is more flexible and collaborative, with the IOC working with potential
hosts to optimise their Olympic projects and align them with long-term social
and economic development plans for the benefit of their communities. As a
result, there is unprecedented interest from numerous parties on different
continents in hosting future Olympic and Paralympic Games.
IOC President Thomas Bach said: “The
Future Host Commissions have an important role in shaping the future of the
Olympic Movement. Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović will bring rich and diverse skills
and experience, including at the very highest levels of government and
international relations. As a member of the same Commission, she has already
contributed to the successful delivery of the first election under the new
approach to choosing Olympic and Paralympic hosts, with the selection of
Brisbane 2032,” he added.
Mrs. Casado said: “I am truly honored
to be named to this Commission, and to see us women taking more and more active
roles within the IOC. Advancing women in leadership roles in sport is truly a
team effort, and I want to thank every single one that has allowed this to
happen, from President Bach to all the incredible women that are now serving in
multiple Commissions and the Executive Board of the IOC. It is now our turn to
lead with the example, to be the role models of the future generations and to
make sure that we work all together to ensure that the future Olympic Hosts
continue delivering excellent Games”.
ABOUT WORLD TRIATHLON
World Triathlon is the international
governing body for the Olympic and Paralympic sport of triathlon and all
related multisport disciplines around the world, including duathlon, aquathlon,
cross triathlon and winter triathlon. Triathlon made its Olympic debut in
Sydney 2000, with a third medal event, the Mixed Team Relay, added to the
programme at Tokyo 2020, while para triathlon was first added to the Paralympic
programme at Rio 2016. World Triathlon is proudly committed to the development
of the sport worldwide, with inclusion, equality, sustainability and
transparency at our core as we seek to help triathletes at all levels of the
sport to be extraordinary.
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