Interest in Olympic hosting ‘high’, says IOC boss Bach

French President of the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics Organising Committee Tony Estanguet carries the Olympic flame on board French 19th-century three-masted barque Belem to begin its journey to France at the Piraeus port, near Athens, a day after Greece handed over the torch of the 2024 Games to Paris organizers.

Since then, the 2032 Games have been awarded to Brisbane, Australia, and Bach told AFP in an interview at IOC headquarters on Friday that there were “double-digit” numbers of countries in the running for 2036. Instead of oversized and gleaming new stadiums and facilities that often fall empty afterwards, the IOC now encourages the use of existing or temporary infrastructure.

As a result, French organisers claim that their event will be responsible for around half the carbon emissions of previous editions in London 2012 and Rio in 2016. He confirmed that in the future, the Summer Olympics might have to move from their traditional slot in July and August to the cooler autumn months — as the 2022 football World Cup did in Qatar.

But he warned too of the potential downside — of AI-powered medical advances enabling even more sophisticated cheating.

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