140th IOC Session

The 140th IOC Session is an upcoming IOC Session to be held in Mumbai, India in 2023.[1][2]

Bidders

Mumbai stood as the only bidder to host the session. The IOC membership approved Mumbai's application during the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. This will mark the second time an IOC Session is held in India. The 86th IOC Session in 1983 was held in New Delhi.[3] Due to several problems related to Indian Olympic Association, the session was delayed to either September or October 2023.

Agenda

Several items are expected to be on the agenda during the three day IOC Session. The host city for the 2030 Winter Olympics was initially going to be selected as this session, but the IOC has pushed back the date on that decision.[4] The host city for the 2036 Summer Olympics will be selected during this session.

Confirmed bids for 2036 Summer Olympics

Carlos Padilla, president of the Mexican Olympic Committee believes that Guadalajara is one of the four Mexican cities (next to Mexico City, Tijuana and Monterrey) that could attempt to host some Olympic games after 2026. In an interview with the ESPN chain the director said that those four cities "have everything" to seek to be headquarters, but not immediately.[5] Guadalajara hosted the 2011 Pan American Games and bid for the 2022 Gay Games, losing to Hong Kong. Marcelo Ebrard, the Mexican Secretary of Foreign Affairs, stated on social media that if a bid is authorised by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the country will seek to host the 2036 or 2040 Olympic Games. Mexico last hosted the Summer Olympics in 1968 in Mexico City.[6] On October 26th, 2022 Foreign Affairs Secretary of Mexico, Marcelo Ebrard, alongside the President of the Mexican Olympic Committee, announced that Mexico would be officially bidding to host the games in 2036. On March 25, 2023, the Mexican Secretary of Foreign Affairs Marcelo Ebrard and the President of the Mexican Olympic Committee, María José Alcalá, handed over an official letter of intent to IOC President Thomas Bach.[7]

Mexico's candidacy marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of Mexican Olympism, as part of the International Olympic Movement [8]

On 1 July 2021, the Committee chief of the Indonesian Olympic Committee announced that Indonesia will bid for the 2036 Summer Olympics after they failed to secure the 2032 edition, in their efforts to being the first South East Asian country to host the Olympics. The Committee chief Raja Sapta Oktohari said, "We will not back down and will continue to fight for the 2036 Olympics," promising more solid preparation. Indonesia previously hosted the 2018 Asian Games and was also interested in hosting the 2032 Summer Olympics, before losing out to Brisbane, Australia.[9] On 3 August 2022, President Joko Widodo plans to hold the 2036 Olympics in Nusantara, the new capital city of Indonesia.[10] Widodo later reaffirmed his country's efforts in November of the same year. On 16 November 2022, Indonesian President Joko Widodo confirmed that they would bid with the new capital Nusantara, which is under construction.[11]

On 8 June 2020, the Vice-President of the Turkish Olympic Committee (TNOC) Hazan Arat said "Istanbul should be a candidate city for the 2032 Summer Olympic Games." The mayor of İstanbul, Ekrem İmamoğlu also stated "We put forward our will, and in the name of Istanbul and Turkish people, we want to hold the Olympics and Paralympic Games in Istanbul."[12] On 14 July 2021 a bid to host the 2036 games was launched.[13] On 3 April 2023 a meeting took place between President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Secretary of Youth and Sports Mehmet Kasapoğlu and IOC President Thomas Bach, regarding the Turkish Bid.[14] Istanbul bid unsuccessfully for the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2008 Summer Olympics, and the 2020 Summer Olympics, which lost to Sydney, Beijing and Tokyo respectively.[15]

Optional Sports for 2028 Summer Olympics

The IOC is expected to finish the process for the adding the optional sports for the program of the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

In August 2022, it was confirmed that nine sports had made bids to be included in the games, with presentations made later that month.[16][17] They were:

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