I was inclined to start rocking

I was inclined to start rocking

After Thomas Bach's visit to the Sport Climbing venue he was interviewed by the IWGA at the TWG 2017.

Q: How did you experience the opening ceremony? What were your impressions?

Thomas Bach: I think it was a fantastic show of the variety of sports, traditional Polish culture, and modern Polish culture. You could see how the athletes and the spectators were excited about it. I enjoyed it very much. I was even inclined to start rocking.

Q: What do you think about the sports climbing competition you watched this morning?

Thomas Bach: Sport Climbing is also a sport on the Olympic program in Tokyo 2020. Why? You can see here because with climbing you can address (or we all together can address) the challenges of modern sports. This means we have to go where the people are: to the urban centers. This urbanization of sport can be achieved very well with climbing and different other sports. You see the positive result already here in the preliminaries.

Q: José Perurena mentioned that a lot of The World Games sports are on the same level as the Olympics and that the standard of the venue is on very high level. What’s your opinion?

Thomas Bach:  Look at this venue. It’s a great venue in an urban center. The athletes I had the opportunity to talk with this morning are very happy with the quality. And this is what it is all about. If the athletes are happy we all can be happy.

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