00:00I enjoyed this morning's process. I hope I was able to communicate my love for the movement
00:17and the history that I hold very dear in that movement. It's something that I genuinely
00:23feel I've been in training for, for the best part of my life, or at least since the age
00:30of 11 when my father bought me my first pair of running shoes, he became my coach and remained
00:35my coach for the remainder of my career and the inseparable role my mother played in all
00:42that as the essential counterbalance in the equilibrium of any family. I hope I was able
00:50to convey that, but I'm also hoping that I was able to convey the core pillars of my manifesto,
01:00my commitments, my pledges and that I think that we have an extraordinary opportunity to build
01:10another lustrous chapter in the future of this extraordinary movement. Engaging, exciting,
01:20and challenging tomorrow's generation is going to be critical because it's that cohort that is
01:32ultimately going to be your future sponsors, your future thought leaderships, your future
01:39governments, your future politicians and we need to create amongst that group of people a lifelong
01:46bond for sport so even if they don't remain in sport as coaches, administrators, communicators,
01:53we at least have the opportunity for them to assume leadership roles wherever they are and
02:00really fundamentally understand the nature of sport and it is only that way that we will raise
02:06sport to the top of government agendas. I hope that what I've been able to do is communicate
02:13my passion and my commitment and my love for the Olympic movement and the games and all the
02:19things that we know they have the most profound catalytic impacts on, but I'm too experienced to
02:30think that that an election is anything other than not a particularly scientific experiment.
02:40I have known President Bach since I came into the IOC and I think being a fellow athlete we
02:48share a lot of commonalities, a lot of common ideas and philosophies, but in this
02:55race he's a president, he doesn't have a vote, or he has a vote but he doesn't vote, he chooses not
03:01to vote and I do very firmly believe that he is being very fair to all candidates. First and
03:10foremost I want to be the best candidate to win not just because of my gender or from where I
03:15come from and I believe I've got a lot of expertise to bring to this role and to
03:22leading the organization. When I was stepping into my ministerial role seven years ago I was
03:30pregnant with my first baby girl and had to quickly learn how to navigate and be a woman
03:37with a career as well as a mom and a wife and everything else and it can be done. I'm very lucky
03:43to come from Africa because culturally we know and we firmly believe that it takes a village to
03:48raise a child so I have incredible support with my husband, with my family and with the people
03:53around me and I have only ever been successful because of a good team and the strength of that
03:59team and that will continue in this leadership role. As a female athlete you want to be able to
04:08walk onto a level playing field always. It's our job as the IOC to ensure that we are going to
04:14create that environment and that we are going to not just create a level playing field but we're
04:19going to create an environment that allows for every athlete to feel safe. That is our job. Along
04:27the road we're going to learn lessons and we're going to get stronger and we're going to make
04:31better rules and regulations. I think that we are in after the Paris Games and after 12 years of
04:38President Bach very important presidency that had to deal we had to deal with so many complications
04:44and so many threats we managed to get the organization to move and evolve at a rapid
04:51pace in according to the times. What I'm trying to say is that rapid pace of change that we
04:57implemented is no way near enough to what is coming. The rate of change is going to continue
05:04to accelerate and our obligation is to continue to accelerate those changes so it's basically I
05:09think we have a very important base very solid base from the past but the recipes of the not of
05:15the ancient past the recipes of yesterday will not make it in the future so that is our main
05:22objective our main obligation. I felt very good in the room because I have something interesting to
05:28say something I am passionate about and I was so happy to have the opportunity by my hundred fellow
05:34members listening to that so I mean it's for them to decide whether do we like it whether I touch
05:41the right fibers and but my presentation is clear I have a very clear program I probably you've seen
05:49my manifesto is very much action-based and it's it's really leaves very little room for future
05:56surprises. But one of the things we have to face and we have to deal with literally focuses on the
06:04issue of integrity. When you see the global community the youth in particular have lost
06:11their trust in global institutions and the IOC is a global institution so we need to regain both
06:20the trust and the sense of relevance with the youth of this world they are our future movement
06:27and I think this is one of the key if I want to say focus of what I would look at as an IOC
06:36president. I believe in the magic ability of sport to unite and bring hope yes hope that
06:46anything is possible and in a world of division and disruption we need hope more than ever before.
06:56I'm standing because I believe that I have a proven track record and experience to deliver
07:06I have successfully run large multinational corporations, led important commercial and
07:17political negotiations across business, sport, media entertainment, foreign affairs, technology,
07:29a lot of areas. I've been very active in climate action preserving millions of acres of rainforest
07:40and the last four years I've led the transformation of the international ski
07:45and snowboard federation. We oversee more than half of the medal events in the Olympic Winter
07:54Games so I think that's a perfect apprenticeship for the presidency.
08:03I know what it takes to lead and drive change. This is not a popularity contest
08:12we are very successful but we have to recognize we face many challenges
08:19therefore this choice will have a profound impact on the Olympic movement for years to come.
08:29So it has to be the most qualified person for the job. I propose to stage the Olympic Games
08:36the Olympic Games on five continents at the same time. I would allow the IOC to offer
08:48the best possible conditions for each sport and of course for the athletes
08:56to reduce the financial burden on host country and to offer greater potential
09:09for broadcast and commercial opportunity.
09:25you
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