The President of the Rome 2024 Olympic Bid Committee Luca Cordero di Montezemolo met with the International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach in Washington DC today to update him on the status of Rome’s strategic plan to host the Olympic Games.

Mr Montezemolo, joined by the President of the Italian Olympic Committee Giovanni Malagò and the Italian IOC member Mario Pescante, pointed out the main principles of the plan. Luca Montezemolo said: “Mr Thomas Bach appreciated our decision to share the whole project with the Green Organizations, our social approach, the main focus on the athletes, technology, sustainability and the legacy. Rome 2024 has a unique chance to modernise the whole city and to stimulate growth for the whole Italian nation”