We had problems in Athens where people didn't know anything about softball or baseball or fencing. But I don't worry about Vancouver at all.
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Authorities approached me to ask if the IOC wanted to support a unification process. At a sporting level, it will not be so difficult but there has to be a political agreement, too.
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If you look at the revenue for the next Games in 2008 we are already plus 30 percent in comparison to the previous Games. So this is a huge increase.
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We cannot support what he is saying. An athlete must be a role model. If Bode Miller is at his peak, if Bode Miller refrains from making those comments, people will think of his performance and he can be a big star. He's a young man. You can understand it, but you cannot excuse it.
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Think of 1993 the year of the vote for the 2000 Games. It was after the Berlin Wall fell. In Europe the Soviet Union had just disappeared. There was an economic crisis. I think there was a question about whether those events in the world would somehow contaminate China. Instead we went to Australia for safety. It was an excellent decision. This time there is not the fear over those changes.
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