DOHA 2020 to answer a "supplementary" question

Doha Olympic bid faces "supplementary" question, says Rogge, as part of the process of choosing the host city for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics.

Asked about the Qatari city's desire Doha 2020 bid, if selected, to stage the Games between September 20 and October 20, outside the normal period for a Summer Olympics, and whether the IOC had accepted that this was OK in principle, Rogge told Insidethegames:

"All bids will be analysed on the same criteria.
"We will then judge if they can go from the applicant phase into the candidate phase.
"For Doha there was a supplementary question – it is the temperature issue and they are producing a report.
"The report will be analysed.
"We have said that we wanted to have information on a certain number of criteria, such as timing of the events, medical measures, prevention of heat and so forth and so forth.
"If the opinion of the IOC about the supplementary report is a good one, then the period would be accepted.
"But the condition is that the report must be adopted."So the period is OK under condition of accepting the report."
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