By Our Special Correspondent
India has won the right to host the International Olympic Committee (IOC) session in Mumbai in 2023. Seventy-five members of IOC voted in favour of Mumbai’s candidature to host the IOC session in 2023. India will be hosting the IOC meeting after 40 years, for the first time since 1983. According to IOC member Ms. Nita Ambani, this win will be a significant development for India’s Olympics aspirations and will herald the start of a new era for Indian sports.
The session, to be held in the summer of 2023, will be hosted at the Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai. An IOC session is the annual meeting of the members of the IOC, comprising 101 voting and 45 honorary members. It discusses and decides on the key activities of the global Olympics movement including adoption or amendment of the Olympic Charter, the election of IOC members and office-bearers and election of the host city of Olympics.
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