India wins bid to host IOC session for first time in 40 years; meet to be held in Mumbai in 2023

By Charlie On Feb 19, 2022

Reported By:| Edited By: |Source: PTI |Updated: Feb 19, 2022, 03:21 PM IST

The International Olympic Committee on Saturday awarded India the right to host the IOC Session in Mumbai next year.

India will host the session for the first time since 1983. The session 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.

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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.

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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