The IOC Executive Board meeting will be held in Lausanne, Switzerland, where the committees present a report on the progress of the member countries. In the case of Guatemala, the International department will update President Thomas Bach on the progress.
As it was known, The IOC has seen with optimism that the Executive Committee that it has supported since March 2022 has been recognized, which may be a turning point to end the sanction on national Olympic sports, in force since October 15, 2022.
This would allow athletes to compete in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games with the Guatemalan flag and not as independents, as happened in the Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador and the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, in 2023.
The IOC might lift the suspension of the athletes, provided that the Constitutional Court (CC), in turn, resolves the suspension of the statutes as soon as possible. approved on December 23, 2021.
In April 2023, the Federated Sports Court (Tedefe) presented the withdrawal of the appeal filed; However, it was not until yesterday that the magistrates put it on the agenda know the file.
The IOC Executive Board meets every four months as part of the work agenda. This time, among the relevant topics are the progress in the organization of the Paris Olympic Games, which will begin on July 26.
At the meeting, the Protocol Commission begins to define the order of the parade at the inauguration, invitations to personalities, as well as progress with countries like Russia and Belarus, in addition to refugee athletes competing for the IOC.
If the sanction were lifted, Guatemala would be placed in the inaugural parade as a country; Otherwise, they would parade with the white flag as independent athletes, together with the refugee athletes.
So far there are 10 athletes classified for the Olympic Games. OO. of Paris, but the option remains open for the group continue to increase with athletes like Kevin Cordón, from badminton; Gilberto Lemus, weightlifting, and the relay team, among others.
Those qualified for now to the festival in Paris are Adriana Ruano, Jean Pierre Brol, Waleska Soto, Sebastian Bermudez, shooting with hunting weapons; Jose Alexander Barrondo, Luis Grijalva and Alberto Gonzalez, athletics; Sophia Hernandez and Andrew Fernandez, pentathlon, and Juan Maegli, sailing.
They request to block accounts
The COG Executive Committee, headed by Gerardo Aguirre, It held its first meeting yesterday and one of the first actions was to issue letters for the blocking of bank accounts and users of the Ministry of Finance.
As part of the instructions of the Assembly, the group of leaders – recognized by the IOC – began yesterday with the efforts to take over the administration of the COG, which was in the hands of former soccer player Jorge Rodas in the last 15 months.
“We do not want to go within the framework of conflict conditions. As progress is made, the time will come when the rightful place will be taken.”Aguirre pointed out, when asked regarding the date on which they might arrive at the facilities located in zone 9.
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