Mumbai: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Saturday awarded India the right to host the IOC Session in Mumbai next year. The last time India hosted an IOC session was 1983 with New Delhi receiving the delegates. The session in Mumbai will be hosted at the state-of-the-art, brand new Jio World Convention Centre.
Mumbai received a historic 99% of the votes in favour of its bid from the delegates participating in the process, with 75 members endorsing its candidature in the session held at Beijing.
Nita Ambani, the Indian representative on the committee, described it as "a significant development for the country's Olympic aspiration".
A truly momentous occasion for the Olympic Movement in India!
Mumbai, India will host the 2023 IOC Session.
"It is our dream to host the Olympic Games in India in the years to come!”
- Smt. Nita Ambani, IOC Member and Founder-Chairperson, Reliance Foundation#OlympicsInIndia pic.twitter.com/34dneOIhYF— Reliance Foundation (@ril_foundation) February 19, 2022
An IOC session is the annual meeting of the members of the IOC, comprising 101 voting members and 45 honorary members.
It discusses and decides on the key activities of the global Olympics movement including adoption or amendment of the Olympic Charter, election of IOC members and office bearers and election of the host city of Olympics.
"The Olympic Movement is back to India after a 40-year wait. I am truly grateful to the International Olympic Committee for entrusting India with the honour of hosting the IOC Session in Mumbai in 2023," said Ambani, the first woman to be elected as an IOC member from India.
"This will be a significant development for India's Olympic aspiration and will herald the start of a new era for Indian sport."
Apart from Ambani, Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President Narinder Batra, Sports Minister Anurag Thakur, and India's first individual Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra were part of the Indian delegation.
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