YEAR, THE OLYMPICS
TOOK ON A NEW VENTURE IN A NEW
DIGITAL BEN YOU WITH THE LAUNCH
OF THE OLYMPIC
VIRTUAL SERIES. THE EVENT
CONCLUDES IN TOKYO SHORTLY WITH
THE CLOSING DUBBED A LIMB THAT
DAY AND JOINING US NOW IS
KIDMAN CONNELL SPORTS DIRECTOR
AT THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC
COMMITTEE,
THE EYE OC CAN'T THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR JOINING US NOW THAT
THE SERIES IS
WRAPPING UP.
>> HOW WOULD YOU SAY IT TURNED
OUT WAS IT A SUCCESS.
>> YEAH ABSOLUTELY GOOD MORNING
FROM HERE IN TOKYO. IT'S IT'S A
GREAT DAY BEING A BIG DAY THE
23RD OF JUNE HERE IN SOCAL WILL
BE THE 23RD OF
JUNE THE SUBIC BAY AS WELL I
WOULD GO ONE MONTH TO GO UNTIL
THE OLYMPIC GAMES, TOKYO 2020.
AND TODAY IS THE CULMINATION OF
THE FIRST RUPERT YOU SERIES SO
IT'S AN EXCITING DAY. AND I
THINK
IT'S DIFFERENT FIRST STEP FOR
THE IOC INTO
BIG JOB. THE WORLD SO WE'RE
REALLY HAPPY WITH WHERE WE ARE
NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO A GREAT
FINALS. THEY TONIGHT AND THEN
PEOPLE TO THE FUTURE AS WELL.
>> FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT
FAMILIAR WITH THE VIRTUAL
SERIES CAN YOU
SHARE MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE
OFFERING FOR COMPETITORS, BUT
ALSO FANS THIS YEAR.
>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY I YOU HAVE
IN STORE WE REALLY ARE ABOUT
THE WAY VIRTUAL
PEOPLE REMOTELY ENGAGING IN
SPORT THROUGH TECHNOLOGY HAS
REALLY BUILT UP OVER THE
LAST YEAR WITH THE POSTPONEMENT
OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES IN TOKYO,
WE REALLY SORE GROSS AND THE
SPORT IN VIRTUAL SCHOOL BE THE
SPORT FORMS OF TRADITIONAL
SPORT, IF YOU
LIKE SO FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME
WE WANT TO GET A 5 DIFFERENT
VIRTUAL FANS FOR ALL THAT WE
HAVE AN ASSOCIATION WITH
COULD AN OLYMPIC IDENTITY BIG
VIRTUAL SERIES AROUND THAT FOR
THE FIRST TIME AND GIVE THEM A
LITTLE BIT
LIKE DENSITY AND THAT'S BEEN
GOING ON FOR THE LAST 6 WEEKS
WE'VE GOT THE CULMINATION TODAY
THERE'S BEEN 5 FROM TALKS A
SPORT WITH THAT BASEBALL REALLY
TARGETED AT THE MARKET HERE,
JAPAN THAT MOTOR SPORT WITH
GRANT OR IS MOVED SAILING WITH
THE MASSIVE OFFSHORE EVENT
MINUTES IN MURILLO TO TOKYO
SAILING EVENT. WE'VE HAD
VIRTUAL ROWING OF COURSE
VIRTUAL CYCLING AS WELL AND ALL
OF THESE
COMMON TOO COMING TOGETHER AND
AROUND THE LOVE THAT DAY SO
REALLY AN EXCITING FIRST STEP
BRINGING THESE TOGETHER AND IN
THE FUTURE WE HOPE TO REPEAT
THIS AND MAY BE EXPENDED AS
WELL.
>> I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THAT
IN JUST A BIT BUT ARE THEIR
ACHIEVEMENTS FROM
MISSING DOG I HEAR THAT YOU AND
YOUR TEAM ARE ESPECIALLY PROUD
OF AND HOPE TO BUILD UPON FOR
THE COMING YEARS.
>> I THINK THE FIRST THING IS
THAT WE TOOK A REAL STEP INTO
THE SPACE AND IT'S SOMETHING
THAT WE WANTED TO DO
STRATEGICALLY TO TO
REALLY SUPPORT. EVERYONE THAT'S
INVOLVED IN THESE DIFFERENT
TYPES OF VIRTUAL SUPPORT AROUND
THE WORLD AND BRING THEM
TOGETHER WITH THAT AND ONE BIG
MOVEMENT IDENTITY SO TAKING
THAT
FIRST STEP THESE REALLY THE
BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT THAT WE
COULD HAVE DONE WE DIDN'T
VIRTUAL SPACE TIME BUT WE'VE
REALLY CREATED SOMETHING
SPECIAL AND IT'S ABOUT MASS
PARTICIPATION REALLY
REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE THAT ARE
INVOLVED IN THESE TYPES OF
VIRTUAL SPORTS GAMES TO
REACHING OUT TO NEW AUDIENCES
TO GET THEM INVOLVED IN IN
THESE TYPES OF VIRTUAL SPORTING
CREATING REAL CONNECTION WITH
THE OLYMPIC GAMES. AND THE
OLYMPIC MOVEMENT SO TAKING THAT
FIRST THAT HAVING IT
DIRECT OFFICIAL OLYMPIC
ASSOCIATION WITH THESE VIRTUAL
SCHOOLS HAS REALLY BEEN A BIG
STEP FOR US WE'VE SEEN GREAT
SUCCESS AND WE WILL CALL TO
DUTY ON MOVING FORWARD.
>> ARE THERE SPECIFIC VIRTUAL
EVENTS OR OTHER AREAS WITHIN
THE REALM, THE SPORTS THAT YOU
LOOK FORWARD TO MOVING INTO
NEXT YEAR.
>> YOU KNOW THIS VISIT IS I
MEAN WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SKUBAL
WITH THE NBA TO KID TO PLAY A
GAME WITH TOOK THE SEA FRONT
FOOT WELL WITH THE SPORTS GAME.
ALL OF THESE
WILL VARY FIRST THE RIGHT OF
THE STOP AND JUST BECAUSE OF
THE TIMING AHEAD OF TOKYO WAS A
LITTLE BIT CHALLENGING WE'VE
SEEN TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPED ALSO
WITH GAMES IN TENNIS.
WE'VE SEEN TALK WHEN THE
DEVELOPED BASED TECHNOLOGY SO
AS THE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPS
AS THE DIFFERENT THINGS DEVELOP
ACROSS THE DIFFERENT SPORTS.
WE CERTAINLY LOOK FORWARD TO
ADDING ON TO WHAT'S BEEN REALLY
SUCCESSFUL BASE WITH THE
5 THIS YEAR BUT BUILDING MORE
INTO THE FUTURE OF COURSE AS
WE LOOK FORWARD TO POWER SOME
2020 FALLS THE NEXT OLYMPIC
GAMES AFTER TOKYO.
THEY'VE REALLY TALKATIVE
VIRTUAL SPORT AND DIGITAL
ENGAGEMENT AS A AS A REALLY
IMPORTANT PART OF THE
PROMOTIONAL ENGAGEMENT PLANS
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY 7 YEARS FROM
NOW WE'RE GOING TO BEGINS IN
LOS ANGELES WHERE YOU CAN
IMAGINE THE INTER IN THIS AS
WELL AS A KEY PART OF THEIR
ENGAGEMENT AND PROMOTIONS
CAMPAIGN REACHING OUT TO
YOUNGER AUDIENCES IN LOS
ANGELES IN CALIFORNIA ARE
ACROSS THE USA. BUT OF COURSE
ACROSS THE WORLD USING THIS
TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY INDIVIDUAL
SPORT, SO IT'S REALLY EXCITING
FUTURE IN THIS AREA.
>> AND IN TERMS OF THE
TRADITIONAL OLYMPIC GAMES.
HOW PREPARED WOULD YOU SAY YOUR
TEAM WITH
THE END NATIONAL OLYMPIC
COMMITTEE IS AND ALSO HOW
PREPARED IS THE CITY OF TOKYO.
>> WE'RE READY TO GOING TO HEAR
A COUPLE OF WEEKS WITH ONE
MONTH
AGO TODAY IN JUST 2 DAYS, IT'S
IT'S 4 WEEKS UNTIL THE OPENING
CEREMONY, IT'S ACTUALLY 4 WEEKS
FROM TODAY HERE IN TOKYO THAT
WE STOP THE FIRST THE
COMPETITIONS IN FOOTBALL AND
SOFTBALL THE VENUES
ARE AMAZING. THAT ABSOLUTELY
READY ON THE VENUE SIDE YOU CAN
IMAGINE THE JAPANESE
ORGANIZATION HERE READY TO GO.
WE'VE HAD CONFIRMATION WILL
HAVE SPECTATORS IN EACH OF THE
VENUES WHICH IS FANTASTIC,
NOT ONLY FOR THE ATHLETES TO
HAVE THAT ATMOSPHERE OF THE SUN
AND CONFIDENCE ALSO FROM THE
JAPANESE GOVERNMENT WE'VE GOT
THE
FIRST TEAMS THAT HERE IN JAPAN
SO I HAVE THE SENSE OF
EXCITEMENT STICK YOUR MACAU
WHICH HAVE MORE OF THE ATHLETES
ARRIVING.
>> HOW DO YOU THINK SOME OF THE
CHALLENGES BUT ALSO THE
ACHIEVEMENTS OF THIS YEAR IN 2
2021 HOW DO YOU THINK THOSE
WILL REALLY SET A PRECEDENT FOR
THE UPCOMING GAMES IN FUTURE
YEARS.
>> YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN IT'S
BEEN A VERY CHALLENGING TIME
FOR EVERYONE AROUND THE WORLD
AND THESE GAMES WILL BE MOST
SPECIAL MORE
THAN EVER. I THINK IF YOU PUT
THE FIRST LIKE WE'VE ALWAYS
DONE IN TOKYO TWENTY-TWENTY HAS
ALWAYS DONE YOU CAN IMAGINE
SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT
HAVE GONE THROUGH OVER THE LAST
YEAR JUST TO BE ON THE TRAIN TO
TREE INTERNATIONALLY TO 22
NATIONAL EVENTS, THE CHANGES TO
THE QUALIFICATION CALENDARS BUT
YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING TO LIVE IN
1000 ATHLETES FROM 206
COUNTRIES PLUS THE OLYMPIC
REFUGEE TEAM HERE IN TOKYO IN
JUST A FEW WEEKS AND EVERYTHING
WE'VE DONE HAS FOCUSED ON
GIVING THEM THE PLATFORM BEING
FOCUSED ON A SAFE AND
SUCCESSFUL GAMES. WE'RE GOING
TO HAVE 300 SITTING ON EVENTS
ACROSS 33 SPORTS AND THESE
11,000 SQ TO
GO WELL THE ENTIRE WORLD, SO NO
IT'S IT'S A REALLY EXCITING TOO
AND WE'LL WITH PUTTING THE
FINAL STAGES OF PREPARATION IN
PLACE. THESE WILL BE AN
ABSOLUTELY UNIQUE ENDS IN MANY
VERY SPECIAL ONE THAT GIVES A
SIGNAL TO THE WORLD
OF BRINGING THE WHOLE WORLD
TOGETHER AGAIN AFTER A VERY
VERY CHALLENGING PERIOD.
>> YOU CAN'T FOR ANY FANS WHO
MAY HAVE MISSED THE OLYMPIC
VIRTUAL SERIES CAN THEY WATCH
THE GAMES ON DEMAND SOMEWHERE.
>> ABSOLUTELY IF YOU JUST GO
TO A FULL MOON THAT DOT COM
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO VIEW
EVERYTHING FROM CHRIS PAUL OF
THE FOX ALL OF THAT PREVENTS
WE'VE HAD YOU CAN FIND OUT
MORE INFORMATION THE BALLOON
THAT AND OF COURSE FUN WAS TO
GET YOU IN THE DIFFERENT
POSSIBLE, IT'S MOVING PARTS OF
ALL OF THE INFORMATION IS
AVAILABLE. ON ONE THING STILL