Tahiti has moved a step closer to hosting surfing competitions at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris after French organisers approved the South Pacific island as the venue for the events.
Former World Surf League (WSL) medallists have spoken up in favour of the Lacanau/Bordeaux bid to hold the Paris 2024 surfing competition.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is hardly one to talk about conflicts of interest.
There are no obstacles to Tahiti hosting surfing at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris but more work needs to be done on the proposal before a key meeting next week, senior International Olympic Committee (IOC) official Christophe Dubi has claimed.
Tahiti has reportedly emerged as the leading candidate to host surfing events at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
The Pacific Games Council (PGC) are hopeful an amicable resolution can be reached to the organisation's dispute with the Tongan Government, related to the country's withdrawal as hosts of the 2019 Pacific Games.
Tonga are one of six nations and territories to have expressed an interest in hosting the 2027 Pacific Games, despite pulling out of staging this year's event.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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