PARIS: A united Spain is prepared for the fight for Madrid to win the right to host the 2020 Olympic Games, the bid’s president Alejandro Blanco said.
The 62-year-old insisted the bid had united people nationwide who see it as a way of easing the dire situation of the Spanish economy.
Spain’s World Cup and European Championship-winning coach Vicente del Bosque has been encouraged to sign up as an unpaid volunteer.
“It is clear that hosting the Olympic Games will serve as a booster for all the economic spheres of our country,” said Blanco.
“This is a project for Spain. The whole country is involved - the business world, top political and sporting authorities, the media and the whole of Spanish sport.
“However, it is citizens’ support that matters the most. This support is reflected in both our surveys and those conducted by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which increase day after day as we move towards September (the vote for who hosts the Games takes place on September 7 in Buenos Aires).
“There are more than 40,000 volunteers already, and interestingly, our volunteer number 40,000 is the Spanish national team coach, Vicente del Bosque,” he said. AFP
