We offer you the full text of the speech by ROC President Stanislav Pozdnyakov during the annual Olympic meeting held today at the Russian Olympic Committee.

The President of the Russian Olympic Committee spoke to reporters after the meeting of the ROC Athletes’ Commission with representatives of the All-Russian Sports Federations. He emphasized that this meeting was the first of its kind and was completely justified. During the meeting, there was productive dialogue which turned out to be useful for all the participants.

The first ever meeting of the ROC Athletes’ Commission with the representatives of the All-Russian Sports Federations took place today at the ROC Headquarters in Moscow. During the meeting, athletes received a great deal of useful information and had the chance to ask their own questions.

Nizhny Novgorod was announced as the host city for the 8th TAFISA World Games during the TAFISA General Assembly held in Tokyo on November 13-17. The amateur sports festival will be held in 2024 and for the first time ever the ROC will organize this large-scale sports event.