Rise of Australia

Chapter 268 Obtaining the Right to Host

"The athletes who participated in the Olympic Games last year will also be handed over to you. With their help, it should be easier to establish a sports department." Arthur thought for a while and continued to add.

Minister Grant also heaved a sigh of relief.After all, it is not easy to build a sports system out of thin air in two years, let alone directly display it on a world stage like the Olympic Games.

With the foundation of athletes who participated in the Olympic Games in Australasia last year, at least they can train athletes more quickly and quickly, and first support the number and scale of athletes.

As for sports medals, these athletes who have trained for four years should be able to gain something, right?
"If the sports construction in Australasia is doing well, then the government should consider building a sports department. Minister Grant, I allow you to recommend a candidate for the sports minister in the future, but only if the sports construction in Australasia Get up, at least get certain results in the future Olympic Games, understand?" Arthur looked at Grant cloth with a little deep meaning, and said with a smile.

When Minister Grant heard this, he nodded immediately and said generally: "I understand, Your Majesty. Please rest assured that before the Olympic Games, I will try my best to train at least a few hundred athletes for the country to participate in the Olympic Games, so that our Olympic Games The scale is not inferior to the previous London Olympics."

Arthur nodded and signaled Minister Grant to go ahead.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs moved quickly, perhaps because of the good relationship with Australasia, and Germany did not hide its attitude. It was as blunt as Minister Andrew said that Germany would give up the right to host the next Olympic Games.

Minister Andrew also made a request. In view of the good relationship between Germany and Australasia, after asking Wilhelm II, the German government and the sports department agreed to Australasia's request, and made it public a few days before Christmas It declared that Germany would give up the right to host the next Olympic Games, and stated that Australasia was suitable to be the host country of the Games.

I have to say that the face of the great powers is indeed quite big.

The day before Christmas, the International Olympic Committee sent a telegram to the Australasian government asking if Australasia could build a stadium with a capacity of at least 4 people, and fully promote the Olympic Games, inviting more countries Participation, the IOC is willing to transfer the right to host the Olympic Games in Germany to Australasia.

Because there is no sports department in Australasia, the inquiry telegram from the International Olympic Committee was sent directly to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

As soon as Foreign Minister Andrew received the telegram, he asked Arthur non-stop.

As for the conditions of the International Olympic Committee, Arthur agreed without thinking.

After all, sports have been valued by countries all over the world, and the development of sports in Australasia is also the general trend.

Regardless of whether the Olympics can be held, it is necessary to build a large stadium that can accommodate tens of thousands of people.

After all, for some European immigrants who like sports, the popularity of various sports may also be one of the reasons why they choose to immigrate.

As for the remaining conditions for vigorously promoting and inviting other countries, this is what any Olympic host country will do, and it will definitely do it with all its strength.

After all, hosting the Olympic Games in any country is definitely not for public welfare. Politicians and aristocrats in this era do not have this ideological consciousness.

In addition to the strong demand of the people, the country's hosting of the Olympic Games is actually more of a demand for the expansion of national interests and external influence.

After spending a wonderful Christmas with my family, the next day of Christmas, the reply telegram from the IOC came.

They congratulated Australasia for winning the right to host the 1912 Olympic Games, and said that after the announcement, the International Olympic Committee will send a team to Australasia to help Australasia with venue construction, and The preparation for the Olympic Games in two and a half years is also to supervise the construction of venues in Australasia. After all, the hosting of the Olympic Games is also related to the prestige and status of the International Olympic Committee.

A successful Olympic Games can not only greatly improve the prestige and status of the host country, but also greatly improve the influence and status of the International Olympic Committee.

It also amounts to the current Australasian and IOC being in the same boat.If this Olympic Games is not held well, not only will the prestige of Australasia suffer, but countries around the world will gradually look down on the Olympic Games.

But if this Olympic Games is held well, not only will Australasia's external influence and international status be improved to a certain extent, but the influence of the International Olympic Committee will also be greatly improved.

Of course, the arrival of the International Olympic Committee actually has a more important purpose, which is to discuss with the host country the specific items of the next Olympic Games.

Even in the Olympic Games of later generations, the host country will get some privileges, and can decide whether to hold a small number of sports on its own.

This also means that the host country of later generations can hold some projects that their own country is good at, and cancel some projects that other countries are good at.

Of course, this privilege is even more pronounced in this day and age.For example, in the Swedish Olympic Games in 1912, events including boxing, free wrestling, weightlifting hockey and archery were canceled on the grounds that these sports were harmful to health, prone to injury, and not popular enough.

Although the reason seems very formal, the specific reason for the cancellation may only be known by the host country and the International Olympic Committee at that time.

However, this kind of regulation is basically the default. After all, a country spends a lot of money, manpower and material resources to host an Olympic Games. If the national committee does not make some concessions, who would be willing to waste time?
Arthur's ambitions are not too big. Among dozens of Olympic events, five events that Australasia is not good at are canceled at his discretion, and then replaced with events that domestic athletes are better at.

As for the rest of the Olympic regulations, let the officials discuss it with the State Transport Commission.

As long as the interests of Australasia are not harmed, some appropriate concessions are also possible.

After all, Arthur's main purpose is to use the Olympics to increase the influence of Australasia.

If many countries are unwilling to participate because the changes are too large, it will be a bit of a loss.

According to Arthur's memory, in the 1912 Olympic Games in history, auxiliary electronic timing and end-point cameras were used in many events, which greatly improved the accuracy of time and resolved some disputes over the final ranking.

These improvements are very meaningful for the sport, and if conditions permit, such improvements can happen in the Olympic Games in Australasia.

Because the telegram can only be used for brief communication, Minister Grant and the International Olympic Committee have agreed to communicate in detail after the other party arrives in Australasia.

However, it is still necessary to publicly declare the replacement of the right to host. Minister Grant has even made preparations to warm up for the Olympic Games now.

At the end of December, just after Christmas, the International Olympic Committee publicly announced that Germany voluntarily canceled the right to host the Olympic Games. Transfer of hosting rights from Germany to Australasia.

The Fifth Olympic Games will be held in Australasia as scheduled, from May to July 1912, in Sydney, the capital of Australasia.

At this time, the influence of the International Olympic Committee is not small, so after the International Olympic Committee issued an official statement, many people, sports organizations and countries have officially noticed the Olympic Games.

The Olympic Games has evolved into a way of peaceful struggle for some countries, and sports have gradually gained political influence.

In the simplest terms, if Britain and Germany participate in the Olympic Games together, the athletes of these two countries will naturally become competitors and enemies.

There is only one reason, that is, their countries are in a state of competition, and the intensity of the competition is exaggerated.

Even if they are friendly to each other, they will have to go to the opposite side under the pressure of public opinion from domestic and foreign media and the expectations of the domestic people.

If they lose on such a big occasion, it will not only lose their people, but also the media and people who support them behind them.

The peaceful competition in sports will also evolve into a struggle in politics, and a struggle for national dignity.

After the International Olympic Committee made a public announcement, Arthur immediately convened the cabinet, asking the cabinet to come up with a construction plan for the stadium as soon as possible, and asking the Ministry of Finance to prepare sufficient funds.

The construction of stadiums is destined to be not a small investment, coupled with a lot of publicity at home and abroad, as well as receiving athletes and organizations from other countries, as well as hosting the Olympic Games, awarding medals and purchasing equipment, etc., it is doomed that this time Hosting the Olympics is expensive.

Arthur also has certain requirements for the scale of the stadium construction this time. The construction of the stadium this time must at least meet the maximum capacity of 5000 people, and ensure that the stadium can be used for at least tens or even hundreds of years.

Arthur didn't want a stadium that had been painstakingly built to turn into a dangerous building in a short time, especially if it was a matter of national prestige.

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