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India is bidding to host Olympics for the first time despite 2010 Commonwealth Games being an embarrassment that muddied the country's reputation
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe is delighted with India's interest in hosting the 2036 summer Games but cautioned the South Asian nation that organizing an Olympics was one of the world's most complex projects.
Coe, 68, a two-time Olympic champion in the 1500m, is one of seven people bidding to replace Thomas Bach as the next president of the International Olympic Committee.
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India is a growing sports power but has never hosted the Olympics. Its capital, New Delhi, hosted the Commonwealth Games in 2010, a $6 billion event billed as Delhi's answer to the Beijing Olympics. But a series of embarrassments over leaking stadiums and filthy accommodation in the lead-up to the Delhi Commonwealth Games muddied India's reputation as hosts of international multisport events.
"I was very pleased that India is obviously keen to one day stage an Olympic Games. Be clear about what the legacy is. Don't let others define your legacy, define it yourself," Coe told Reuters.
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"We know that the Olympic Games is a unique sporting event and it doesn't surprise me that a country with the type of ambitions that India has and the vision for sports beyond the field of play and into the delivery of social and economic benefits, (it) would look at staging a Games," he added.
Indonesia, Egypt, Turkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia are also among the countries that have shown an interest in hosting the 2036 Games. Los Angeles has been picked for the 2028 Games while Brisbane, Australia, will stage the 2032 Olympics.
India would need political support throughout the delivery phase if it wins the bid, Coe said, adding that the organizing committee must regularly inform the nation and the local communities about the benefits of hosting the Games.
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